Cerebral microembolism in acute myocardial infarction

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2679-2682

  Nadareishvili, Zurab G ^a   Choudary, Zahid ^b   Joyner, Campbell ^b   Brodie, Dianne ^b   Norris, John W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Doppler; Embolism; Myocardial infarction; Transcranial; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032709994     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.12.2679     Document Type: Article

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