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Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast: relationship with clinical and echocardiographic parameters

Spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) indicates blood stasis in cardiac chambers and major vessels, and is a known precursor of thrombus formation. Transesophageal echocardiography plays a pivotal role in detecting and grading SEC in the left atrial (LA) cavity. Assessing LA SEC can identify patients at i...

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Autores principales: Ito, Takahide, Suwa, Michihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6499934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30959476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/ERP-18-0083