A case of specific MRI T2* weighted image associated with bacterial endocarditis

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 789-794

  Takeshita, Tomonori ^a   Morofuji, Yoichi ^a   Ujifuku, Kenta ^a   Hiu, Takeshi ^a   Hayashi, Kentaro ^a   Kitagawa, Naoki ^a   Tsutsumi, Keisuke ^a   Hayashi, Tomayoshi ^a   Nagata, Izumi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial endocarditis; Mycotic aneurysm; T2* weighted image

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTIC VALVE; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 52449091489     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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