Two Cases of Transient Global Amnesia (TGA) Immediately after Coronary Angiography: Pathogenesis of the Primary TGA

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-74

  Kurokawa, Yasutaka ^a   Ishizaki, Eri ^a   Kihara, Hajime ^b   Inaba, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a Asahikawa Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kihara Cardiovascular Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral angiography; Coronary angiography; Diffusion weighted image; Spreading depression; Transient global amnesia

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPOLARIZATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; REPOLARIZATION; STRESS; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

AGED; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 1542319251     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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