Cerebral microemboli during left heart catheterization

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 162-168

  Fischer, Andreas ^a   Özbek, Cem ^a   Bay, Wolfgang ^a   Hamann, Gerhard F ^a,b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032904106     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70472-2     Document Type: Article

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