Incidence and predictors of left atrial thrombus in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis and sinus rhythm: A transesophageal echocardiographic study

Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 876-

  Krishnamoorthy, Kavassery Mahadevan ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 84865101415     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01702.x     Document Type: Letter

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