Silent cerebral infarction in heart failure: Vascular or thromboembolic?

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 490-491

  Freudenberger, Ronald S ^a   Massie, Barry M ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Silent cerebral infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 25844447055     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2005.06.428     Document Type: Article

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