Two cases of brain infarction associated with dissection of the thoracic aorta

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 619-624

  Terasaki, Tadashi ^a,b   Yonehara, Toshiro ^a   Fujioka, Shodo ^a   Hashimoto, Yoichiro ^b   Uchino, Makoto ^c  

^a SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute dissection of thoracic aorta; Cryptogenic brain infarction; Enhanced thoracic X ray CT scan; Onset mechanism; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032888003     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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