Left atrial appendage morphology in patients with suspected cardiogenic stroke without known atrial fibrillation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Korhonen, Miika ^a,b   Muuronen, Antti ^a,b   Arponen, Otso ^a,b   Mustonen, Pirjo ^c   Hedman, Marja ^a   Jäkälä, Pekka ^a,b   Vanninen, Ritva ^a,b   Taina, Mikko ^a,b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Central Finland Health Care District   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CACTUS MORPHOLOGY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOGENIC STROKE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAULIFLOWER MORPHOLOGY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHICKENWING MORPHOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; WINDSOCK MORPHOLOGY; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CACTACEAE;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84930001219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118822     Document Type: Article

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