A case of bacterial aneurysm that occurred in the external carotid artery

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-180

  Oyanagi, Mayu ^a,b   Sugawara, Takayuki ^a   Seki, Hirohumi ^a   Ogawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Yagi, Takuya ^a   Nozaki, Eiji ^a   Ono, Sadahide ^a   Higuti, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Iwate Prefectual Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

External carotid artery; Infectious endocarditis; Mycotic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 32844456015     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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