Transesophageal echocardiographic findings are independent and relevant predictors of ischemic stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Journal of Clinical Neurology (Korea)

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 170-176

  Takashima, Shutaro ^a   Nakagawa, Keiko ^a   Hirai, Tadakazu ^a   Dougu, Nobuhiro ^a   Taguchi, Yoshiharu ^a   Sasahara, Etsuko ^a   Ohara, Kazumasa ^a   Fukuda, Nobuyuki ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Kortaro ^a  

^a TOYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Risk; Stroke; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867174995     PISSN: 17386586     EISSN: 20055013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2012.8.3.170     Document Type: Article

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