Paradoxical embolization: A potential cause of cerebral damage in Alzheimer's disease?

Neurological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 679-684

  Purandare, N ^a   Oude Voshaar, R C ^a,c   Burns, A ^a   Velupandian, U M ^b   McCollum, C ^b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebrovascular disease; Paradoxical emboli; Patent foramen ovale; Right to left shunt

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CATHETER; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; HUMANS;

EID: 33748937517     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164106X130425     Document Type: Article

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