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Edited by Werner G. Daniel, Itzhak Kronzon, and Andreas Mügge. 380 pp., illustrated. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1996. $75. ISBN 0-683-02359-4.

The term "cardiogenic embolism" refers to embolization from a cardiac source to a target organ. Cardiogenic Embolism is an excellent compendium of all proven, probable, or possible cardiac conditions that predispose patients to systemic emboli, but it tells us very little about the consequences of these emboli. There is not a single chapter on the effects of emboli of the lower limbs or viscera, and there is only one five-page chapter on the neurologic aspects of cardiogenic embolism. There are chapters on the epidemiology of stroke and neuroradiology, but silent brain infarcts, vascular dementia as a result of multiple embolic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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