Disappearance of embolic signals on transcranial Doppler sonography following antiplatelet therapy in a patient with transient ischemic attacks

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-332

  Takada, Tatsuro ^a   Akiyama, Hitomi ^a   Moriyasu, Hideki ^a   Minematsu, Kazuo ^a   Yamaguchi, Takenori ^a  

^a National Cardiovascular Center

Author keywords

Antiplatelet therapy; Embolic mechanism; Embolic signals; Trangient ischemic attack; Transcranial Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ASPIRIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0031830302     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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