Clinical application of asymptomatic embolic signal detection in acute stroke: A prospective study

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1814-1818

  Kaposzta, Zoltan ^a   Young, Elaine ^a   Bath, Philip M W ^a   Markus, Hugh S ^a,b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Pshychiatry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral embolism; Stroke; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0032853008     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.9.1814     Document Type: Article

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