Frequency and determinants of microembolic signals on transcranial Doppler in unselected patients with acute carotid territory ischemia. A prospective study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-112

  Koennecke, Hans Christian ^a,b   Mast, Henning ^b   Trocio Jr , Samuel H ^a   Sacco, Ralph L ^a   Ma, Weidong ^a   Mohr, Jay P ^a   Thompson, John L P ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Embolism; Ischemic stroke; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0031888191     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015827     Document Type: Article

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