Association of homocysteine and smoking with cerebral microemboli in patients with mechanical heart valves: a transcranial Doppler study

OBJECTIVES: Microembolic signals (MES) on transcranial Doppler (TCD) predict stroke and cognitive decline. Plasma levels of total homocysteine (tHcy), a prothrombotic factor, are higher in patients with microemboli in carotid stenosis and in patients with paradoxical embolism. In this study we asses...

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Autores principales: Mattia, Alicia, Azarpazhooh, M Reza, Munoz, Claudio, Bogiatzi, Chrysi, Quantz, Mackenzie A, Spence, J David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5829912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29507780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/svn-2017-000117

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5829912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29507780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/svn-2017-000117

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