Massive cerebral embolism originated from ruptured infective mitral annular calcification in a chronic hemodialysis patient

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-108

  Nishida, Junichi ^a   Maeda, Takuto ^a   Yuda, Satoshi ^a   Tanaka, Marenao ^a   Hashimoto, Akiyoshi ^a   Tsuchihashi, Kazufumi ^a   Shimamoto, Kazuaki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral embolism; Hemodialysis; Infective endocarditis; Mitral annular calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 58149193591     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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