Cerebral microbleeds are frequent in infective endocarditis: A case-control study

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3461-3465

  Klein, Isabelle ^a   Iung, Bernard ^b   Labreuche, Julien ^c   Hess, Agathe ^a   Wolff, Michel ^d   Messika Zeitoun, David ^b   Lavallée, Philippa ^c   Laissy, Jean Pierre ^a   Leport, Catherine ^e   Duval, Xavier ^e  

^a Departments of Radiology   (France)

^b Departments of Cardiology   (Iran)

^c Departments of Neurology

^d Departments of Intensive Care

^e BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral microbleeds; Endocarditis; MRI; Mycotic aneurysm; T2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN REGION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBRAL MICROBLEED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350550324     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.562546     Document Type: Article

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