Incidence of cardioembolic stroke including paradoxical brain embolism in patients with acute ischemic stroke before and after the great east Japan earthquake

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 431-437

  Itabashi, Ryo ^a,b   Furui, Eisuke ^a   Sato, Shoichiro ^a   Yazawa, Yukako ^a   Kawata, Kenta ^a   Mori, Etsuro ^b  

^a KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Cardiac embolism; Deep vein thrombosis; Great East Japan Earthquake; Paradoxical embolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EARTHQUAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PARADOXICAL BRAIN EMBOLISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; DISASTER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; ADULT; COMPLICATION; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84904525005     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363129     Document Type: Article

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