Clinically silent microemboli in patients with artificial prosthetic aortic valves are predominantly gaseous and not solid

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 322-325

  Kaps, Manfred ^a   Hansen, Jochen ^b   Weiher, Michael ^b   Tiffert, Karsten ^b   Kayser, Iris ^a   Droste, Dirk W ^a  

^a Neurologische Klin Med Klin zu L   (Germany)

^b Friedrich Ebert Krakenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

embolism; heart valve prosthesis; transcranial Doppler; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031029189     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.2.322     Document Type: Article

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