TY - JOUR
T1 - Usefulness of transthoracic echocardiography for identification of left atrial thrombus before balloon mitral valvuloplasty
AU - Krishnamoorthy, K. Mahadevan
AU - Tharakan, Jaganmohan A.
AU - Titus, Thomas
AU - Ajithkumar, V. Kumaran
AU - Bhat, Anil
AU - Harikrishnan, Sivadasan Pillai
AU - Padmakumar, Ramachandran
PY - 2003/11/1
Y1 - 2003/11/1
N2 - The objectives of this study were (1) to identify clinical and transthoracic echocardiographic features of patients with mitral stenosis who have thrombus recognized on transesophageal echocardiography, and (2) to define a clinical and echocardiographic model to predict the presence of left atrial thrombus in these patients.
AB - The objectives of this study were (1) to identify clinical and transthoracic echocardiographic features of patients with mitral stenosis who have thrombus recognized on transesophageal echocardiography, and (2) to define a clinical and echocardiographic model to predict the presence of left atrial thrombus in these patients.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.07.013
DO - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.07.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 14583375
AN - SCOPUS:0142227259
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 92
SP - 1132
EP - 1134
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 9
ER -