Open AccessAcute Ischemic Stroke Patterns in Infective and Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis
Author(s) -
Aneesh B. Singhal,
Mehmet Akif Topçuoğlu,
Ferdinando S. Buonanno
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.0000015029.91577.36
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , infective endocarditis , lesion , endocarditis , cerebral infarction , cardiology , surgery , radiology , ischemia , mechanical engineering , engineering
Although infective endocarditis (IE) and nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) are associated with cardioembolic stroke, differences in the nature of these conditions may result in differences in associated stroke patterns. We compared patterns of acute and recurrent ischemic stroke in IE and NBTE, using diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI).