Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 287, Issue 1 , Pages 32-35 , 15 December 2009

Calcific aortic valve and spontaneous embolic stroke: A review of literature

  • Vipin Khetarpal

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Wayne State University, USA
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  • Nitin Mahajan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationWayne State University, University Health Center-5C, 4201 St Antoine, Detroit, MI-48201, USA. Tel.: +1 313 966 7680; fax: +1 313 966 6400.
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  • Ramesh Madhavan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, USA
    • ,
  • Sachin Batra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, USA
    • ,
  • Prashanth Mopala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, USA
    • ,
  • Amit Sagar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, USA
    • ,
  • Praveen Rapolu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, USA
    • ,
  • Sharad Nangia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, USA
    • ,
  • Luis Afonso

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Wayne State University, USA

Received 7 April 2009 ,Revised 28 June 2009 ,Accepted 23 July 2009.

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PII: S0022-510X(09)00740-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.07.018

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 287, Issue 1 , Pages 32-35 , 15 December 2009

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