An unusual cause of cardioembolic stroke: Isolated left ventricular noncompaction

Neurologist

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-127

  Sahin, Sevki ^a,b   Sekban, Ahmet ^a   Ayalp, Sunay ^a   Karsidag, Sibel ^a  

^a MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac MRI; Cardioembolic stroke; ECHO; Noncompaction

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADULT; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; STROKE;

EID: 40549110555     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181618b08     Document Type: Article

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