Bilateral vertebral artery dissection and infratentorial stroke complicated by stress-induced cardiomyopathy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 480-481

  Seifert, Thomas ^a   Klein, E ^a   Legat Wallner, S ^a   Krenn, U ^a   Brussee, H ^a   Lueger, A ^a   Niederkorn, K ^a   Fazekas, F ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEPARIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTERY DISSECTION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOXIA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NERVE PARALYSIS; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; STENT; STROKE; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; STENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNCOPE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 41149086038     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.133975     Document Type: Letter

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