Cardiogenic embolism as the main cause of ischemic stroke in a city hospital: An interdisciplinary study

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-52

  Becker, E I ^a   Jung, A ^a   Voller H ^a   Wegscheider, K ^a   Vogel, H P ^a   Landgraf, H ^a  

^a Vivantes Wenckebach Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardioembolic stroke; Ischemic stroke; Pathogenesis of stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0035098453     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.30.1.43     Document Type: Article

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