Microemboli in cerebral circulation and alteration of cognitive abilities in patients with mechanical prosthetic heart valves

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1821-1826

  Deklunder, Ghislaine ^a   Roussel, Martine ^b   Lecroart, Jean Louis ^a   Prat, Alain ^c   Gautier, Corinne ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c CHU de Lille ^*

Author keywords

Cognitive abilities; Heart valve prosthesis; HITS; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0031662640     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.9.1821     Document Type: Article

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