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

Alicia MattiaM Reza AzarpazhoohClaudio MunozChrysi BogiatziMackenzie A QuantzJ David Spence
Published in: Stroke and vascular neurology (2017)
Higher tHcy and smoking were associated with a higher MES count in both preoxygenation and postoxygenation phases. Because smoking can be stopped and hyperhomocysteinaemia is treatable, these are clinically important findings.
Keyphrases
  • smoking cessation
  • heart failure
  • subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • atrial fibrillation
  • peripheral blood
  • brain injury
  • aortic valve replacement
  • blood brain barrier
  • transcatheter aortic valve replacement