Left Atrial Appendage Flow Velocity as a Quantitative Surrogate Parameter for Thromboembolic Risk: Determinants and Relationship to Spontaneous Echocontrast and Thrombus Formation–A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Study in 500 Patients with Cerebral Ischemia
Authors:
- Michael HandkeMHMichael Handke
- Andreas HarloffAHAndreas Harloff
- Andreas HetzelAHAndreas Hetzel
- Manfred OlschewskiMOManfred Olschewski
- Christoph BodeCBChristoph Bode
- Annette GeibelAGAnnette Geibel
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
- Vol. 18 (12) , 1366-1372
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