The role of echocardiography in thromboembolic risk assessment of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 801-812

  Providência, Rui ^a,b   Trigo, Joana ^a   Paiva, Luís ^a   Barra, Sérgio ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Strain; Strain rate; Stroke; Thromboembolism; Transesophageal echocardiogram; Transthoracic echocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DABIGATRAN; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84880940859     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.05.010     Document Type: Review

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