Stroke patients with cardiac atrial septal abnormalities: Differential infarct patterns on DWI

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 334-340

  Santamarina, Estevo ^a   González Alujas, M Teresa ^a   Muñoz, Verónica ^a   Rovira, Alex ^a   Rubiera, Marta ^a   Ribó, Marc ^a   Álvarez Sabin, José ^a   Molina, Carlos A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryptogenetic stroke; Diffusion weighted imaging; Patent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC DISORDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 33749501240     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2006.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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