An uncommon complication after a common procedure

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Math, Ravi S ^a   Singh, Sandeep ^a   Bahl, Vinay ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERIMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VISION;

BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57149108536     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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