Aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva: An unusual source of cerebral embolism

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1424-1426

  Stöllberger, Claudia ^a,b   Seitelberger, Rainald ^a   Fenninger, Christof ^a   Prainer, Christian ^a   Slany, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

aneurysm; aorta; cerebral embolism; echocardiography; sinus of Valsalva

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MURMUR; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029798485     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.8.1424     Document Type: Article

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