CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc score of patients with atrial fibrillation or flutter and newly detected left atrial thrombus

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-144

  Wasmer, Kristina ^a,b   Köbe, Julia ^a   Dechering, Dirk ^a   Milberg, Peter ^a   Pott, Christian ^a   Vogler, Julia ^a   Stypmann, Jörg ^a   Waltenberger, Johannes ^a   Mönnig, Gerold ^a   Breithardt, Günter ^a   Eckardt, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Left atrial thrombus; Transesophageal echocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84874595363     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-012-0507-4     Document Type: Article

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