Predisposing factors in cardiogenic cerebral embolism.
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Predisposing factors in cardiogenic cerebral embolism.
Predisposing Factors in Cardiogenic Cerebral Embolism To the Editor: I read with interest the article by Yasaka and associates' on the pathophysiology of intracardiac thrombus formation in patients with recurrent cerebral embolism. However, I was surprised that there were no cases found or mention made of either paradoxical embolism or atrial septal aneurysm as predisposing factors of recurrent...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.21.11.1643