"Rubral" tremor after cardiac catheterization: Report of 2 cases

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 427-429

  Restrepo, Lucas ^a,d   Quiroga Chand, Alejandro ^a   Tornatore, Carlo ^c   Balish, Marshall ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Embolism; Heart catheterization adverse effects; Human; Intracranial embolism and thrombosis etiology; Tremor, rubral diagnosis etiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RUBRAL TREMOR; TREMOR;

AGED; ATAXIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 24944510525     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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