Silent brain infarction in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-144

  Akdemir, Ilyas ^a   Dagdelen, Sinan ^b   Yuce, Murat ^b   Davutoglu, Vedat ^a   Akcay, Murat ^b   Akdemir, Nuran ^c   Aksoy, Mehmet ^a   Erkal, Hanife ^c   Misirli, Handan ^c  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c HAYDARPASA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Rheumatic mitral stenosis; Silent brain infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN INFARCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036518621     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.43.137     Document Type: Article

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