Paradoxical brain embolism may not be uncommon-Prospective study in acute ischemic stroke

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 763-766

  Ueno, Yuji ^a,b,c   Iguchi, Yasuyuki ^a,b   Inoue, Takeshi ^a,b   Shibazaki, Kensaku ^a,b   Urabe, Takao ^b,c   Kimura, Kazumi ^a,b  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b School of Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Paradoxical embolism; Patent foramen ovale; Right to left shunt; Transcranial Doppler; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34347339514     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0430-6     Document Type: Article

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