Open AccessSilent cerebral infarction in chronic heart failure: Ischemic and nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Güliz Kozdağ
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
vascular health and risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1178-2048
pISSN - 1176-6344
DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.s2166
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , dilated cardiomyopathy , heart failure , myocardial infarction , cerebral infarction , infarction , ischemia
Patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) may have a high incidence of clinically asymptomatic silent cerebral infarction (SCI). Prevalence of SCI and its risk factors may differ between ischemic and nonischemic DCM. The purpose of this study was to evaluate prevalence and related parameters of silent cerebral infarction in patients with ischemic and nonischemic DCM.
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