Stroke attributable to a calcific embolus from the brachiocephalic trunk

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Moustafa, Ramez R ^a   Antoun, Nagui M ^b   Coulden, Richard A ^b   Warburton, Elizabeth A ^a   Baron, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachiocephalic trunk; Calcinosis; Carotid arteries; Embolism; Radiotherapy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; ESOPHAGUS; HEART VALVE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644876360     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000195211.76192.ed     Document Type: Article

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