Prevalence of aneurysm of the interatrial septum in the general population and in patients with a recent episode of cryptogenetic ischemic stroke: a tissue harmonic imaging transthoracic ecocardiography study in 5.631 patients
Cerebral ischemia is among the principal causes of mortality and morbidity in industrialized countries being responsible of 10-12% of all deaths and of an elevated number of permanent disability. The cardioembolic forms may be responsible of the 30-35% of cerebrovascular acute syndrome, nevertheless...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease |
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| Online Access: | https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/517 |