A Case Report of Atrial Myxoma presenting with Cardioembolic Stroke and treated with Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy
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Volume 3 | Issue 2 A Case Report of Atrial Myxoma presenting with Cardioembolic Stroke and treated with Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy Ismail II*1, Salama SS2 and Mansour OY3 1Neurology Specialist, Department of Neurology, Alexandria University 2Associate Lecturer, Department of Neurology, Alexandria University 3Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Alexandria University *Corresponding author: Ismail II, Neurology Specialist, Department of Neurology, Alexandria University, E-mail: [email protected] Case Report Open Access
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