Image techniques for the evaluation and clinical decision making of patients with stroke;Utilidad de las técnicas de imagen en la valoración etiológica y toma de decisiones en el paciente con ictus

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1119-1132

  García Fernández, Miguel A ^a   Bermejo, Javier ^a   Moreno, Mar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac embolism; Computerized tomography; Echocardiography; Image techniques; Magnetic resonance; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

EID: 0346656806     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13054038     Document Type: Review

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