title: Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast: its prevalence and importance in patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography and particularly those with a cerebrovascular embolic event.
authors.affiliation: Department of Noninvasive Cardiovascular Diagnostics, Ruzinov General Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kamenský
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Drahos
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Plevová
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging