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Mitral Stenosis Presenting with Acute Hearing Loss.
- Source :
- PLoS Medicine; Jun2006, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pe233-0782, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2006
-
Abstract
- The article presents a medical case of a 47-year-old woman presented with acute hearing loss. It mentions the medical examinations done to the patient. The article notes that following investigation into the cause of her multiple emboli, she was diagnosed as having rheumatic mitral stenosis with normal sinus rhythm. Cerebral thromboembolism is a serious complication of mitral stenosis occurring in 13%-26% of the patients with the lesion.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15491277
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- PLoS Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23454857
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030233