Cardiac sources of embolism in patients with pial artery infarcts and lacunar lesions

Stroke

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 776-781

  Mast, Henning ^a   Thompson, John L P ^b   Völler, Heinz ^c   Mohr, J P ^a   Marx, Peter ^c  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardioembolic stroke; tomography, x ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PIA ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0028206556     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.25.4.776     Document Type: Article

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