Patients with cardiac myxoma require surveillance for myxoma-related cerebral aneurysms

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Stollberger C ^a   Finsterer, J ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN METASTASIS; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MYXOMA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MYXOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 56049109327     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02298.x     Document Type: Editorial

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