Carotid artery stenosis in ischemic stroke patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 16-20

  Chang, Yeu Jhy ^a   Ryu, Shan Jin ^a   Lin, Shinn Kuang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Ischemic stroke; Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0036166011     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047740     Document Type: Article

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