Embolic stroke secondary to an aortic arch tumor - a case report

Angiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 959-962

  Urrutia, Victor ^a   Jichici, Draga ^a,b   Thomas, Carole E ^a   Nunes, Linda W ^a   Schwartzman, Robert J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBOLISM; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE; VASCULAR TUMOR;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033730685     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970005101109     Document Type: Article

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