Mycotic aneurysm detection rates with cerebral angiography in patients with infective endocarditis

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 449-452

  Hui, Ferdinand K ^a   Bain, Mark ^a   Obuchowski, Nancy A ^a   Gordon, Steven ^a   Spiotta, Alejandro M ^a   Moskowitz, Shaye ^b   Toth, Gabor ^a   Hussain, Shazam ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Neurosurgical PC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMPLICATION; ENDOCARDITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929338169     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2014-011124     Document Type: Article

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