A heart within the heart - A rare congenital cause of an embolic stroke

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Khan, Tina ^a   El Sharkawy, Samy ^b   Schafer, Frank ^b  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BARNET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; NITRITE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC BLOOD CYST; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LIMB WEAKNESS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WALKING AID; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84865295523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.10.2011.5027     Document Type: Article

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