Prevalence of significant carotid artery stenosis in patients with transient ischaemic attack

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Rappeport, Yael ^a   Simonsen, Lene ^a   Christensen, Hanne ^a   Boysen, Gudrun ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Carotid endarterectomy; Duplex ultrasonography; Stroke; TIA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0036272892     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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