Echocardiographic “smoke” is produced by an interaction of erythrocytes and plasma proteins modulated by shear forces

Rheology of blood

1969 • 599 citations

Incidence of Left-Ventricular Thrombosis after Acute Transmural Myocardial Infarction

1981 • 578 citations

Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in mitral valve disease: An indicator for an increased thromboembolic risk

1988 • 508 citations

Assessment of left atrial appendage function by transesophageal echocardiography. Implications for the development of thrombus.

1991 • 469 citations

Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast: A clinical and echocardiographic analysis

1991 • 423 citations

Smoke-like echo in the left atrial cavity in mitral valve disease: Its features and significance

1985 • 261 citations

Prevalence and clinical implications of atrial spontaneous contrast in patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography

1990 • 204 citations

Ultrasonography of Blood During Stasis and Coagulation

1981 • 187 citations

Mechanism of erythrocyte aggregation and sedimentation

1987 • 187 citations

Ultrasonic backscatter from flowing whole blood. I: Dependence on shear rate and hematocrit

1988 • 170 citations

Regional stasis of blood in the dysfunctional left ventricle: echocardiographic detection and differentiation from early thrombosis.

1982 • 148 citations

Clinical Hemorheology

1986 • 137 citations

Ultrasonic backscatter from flowing whole blood. II: Dependence on frequency and fibrinogen concentration

1988 • 122 citations

Pathology of laboratory animals

1979 • 84 citations

Variable Ultrasound Echogenicity in Flowing Blood

1982 • 76 citations

Dynamic intracavitary left atrial echoes in mitral stenosis

1985 • 74 citations

The direct visualization of blood flow by real-time ultrasound: clinical observations and underlying mechanisms.

1981 • 64 citations

Resolution of spontaneous contrast with platelet disaggregatory therapy (trifluoperazine)

1989 • 51 citations

Characterization of biological fluids by ultrasound and computed tomography.

1980 • 43 citations

Red cell aggregation and viscoelasticity of blood from seals, swine and man

1990 • 28 citations

Rheology of blood cells

1987 • 26 citations