Cerebral Embolism Associated with Becker Muscular Dystrophy-related Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-167

  Atsumi, Masahiko ^a   Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Kawarabayashi, Takahiko ^a   Nishio, Shunji ^a   Sakamoto, Hikaru ^b   Hasegawa, Takanori ^b   Kitaguchi, Masataka ^a  

^a Baba Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Becker muscular dystrophy; Cerebral embolism; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Dystrophin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE;

EID: 1842686854     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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