Reversible Cortical Blindness as a Prominent Manifestation of Cerebral Embolism due to Infective Endocarditis

Introduction. Infective endocarditis in the left heart may be complicated by stroke, due to embolisation from infectious valvular vegetations. Infarction of both occipital lobes, which are supplied by the posterior cerebral arteries, is infrequent, and is the cause of cortical blindness from lesion...

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Autores principales: Kranidiotis, Georgios P., Gougoutsi, Alexandra N., Retsas, Theodoros A., Anastasiou-Nana, Maria I.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20811562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/408471

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20811562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/408471

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