Low frequency of clinically silent circulating emboli in patients with mitral valve prolapse or patent foramen ovale detected by bigated transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Neurological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 499-503

  Droste, Dirk W ^a,b   Schlossberg, Rosemarie ^a   Mitusch, Rolf ^a   Kaps, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral embolism; Cerebrovascular disease; Mitral valve prolapse; Patent foramen ovale; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; PHENPROCOUMON; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; STROKE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0031819163     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1998.11740554     Document Type: Article

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