Brain MRI findings in neurologically asymptomatic patients with infective endocarditis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1579-1584

  Hess, A ^a   Klein, I ^a,c   Iung, B ^b,d   Lavallee, P ^b,c,d   Ilic Habensus, E ^c   Dornic, Q ^c   Arnoult, F ^b   Mimoun, L ^b   Wolff, M ^b,d   Duval, X ^c,d   Laissy, J P ^a,c,d  

^a Hopital Universitaire   (France)

^b Hopital Universitaire Bichat   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883084494     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3582     Document Type: Article

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