Cerebral Embolism

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to compare the incidence of cerebral embolism (CE) as evaluated by diffusion-weighted… (More)

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was prospective investigation of silent and clinically apparent cerebral embolic events and… (More)

BACKGROUND Radiofrequency left atrial catheter ablation has become a routine procedure for treatment of atrial fibrillation. The… (More)

BACKGROUND In most patients, severity of valvular aortic stenosis can be accurately assessed non-invasively by echocardiography… (More)

BACKGROUND The optimal intensity of oral anticoagulant therapy for patients with mechanical heart valves (i.e., the level at… (More)

We studied the mechanism of hemorrhagic infarction after acute cerebral embolism in 160 patients by brain computed tomography and… (More)

Intravenous administration of tissue plasminogen activator immediately after the injection of numerous small blood clots into the… (More)

Infarction secondary to cerebral embolism was diagnosed in 127 (23.5%) of 540 patients in the Michael Reese Stroke Registry… (More)

Data from 694 patients hospitalized with stroke were entered in a prospective, computer-based registry. Three hundred and sixty… (More)

Chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) as a precursor of stroke was assessed over 24 years of follow-up of the general population… (More)