Impact of increased orifice size and decreased flow velocity of left atrial appendage on stroke in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 963-969

  Lee, Jung Myung ^a   Shim, Jaemin ^a   Uhm, Jae Sun ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Lee, Hye Jeong ^a   Pak, Hui Nam ^a   Lee, Moon Hyoung ^a   Joung, Boyoung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84896699192     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.11.058     Document Type: Article

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