Juvenile ischemic stroke secondary to cardiogenic embolism: A rare case report

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-122

  Soleimanpour, Hassan ^a   Pashapour, Ali ^b   Mohammadi, Neda ^c   Golzari, Samad E J ^d   Khodaverdizadeh, Hossein ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cerebral embolic ischemic stroke; Emergency department; Emergency medicines; Myxomas

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOGENIC EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEART MYXOMA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEAKNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893046403     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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