A Small Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation as a Cause of Recurrent Brain Embolism

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 428-430

  Todo, Kenichi ^a   Moriwaki, Hiroshi ^a   Higashi, Masahiro ^a   Kimura, Kohji ^a   Naritomi, Hiroaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; LUNG; PULMONARY ARTERY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 1642390219     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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