Calcific aortic valve and spontaneous embolic stroke: A review of literature

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 32-35

  Khetarpal, Vipin ^a   Mahajan, Nitin ^b   Madhavan, Ramesh ^b   Batra, Sachin ^b   Mopala, Prashanth ^b   Sagar, Amit ^b   Rapolu, Praveen ^b   Nangia, Sharad ^b   Afonso, Luis ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcific aortic valve; Cerebral embolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE CALCIFICATION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; STROKE;

EID: 70449517495     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.07.018     Document Type: Review

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