Evolving atherosclerosis at carotid and intracranial arteries in Japanese patients with ischemic heart disease: A 5-year longitudinal study with MR angiography

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 507-512

  Uehara, T ^a   Tabuchi, M ^a   Mori, E ^a   Yamadori, A ^b  

^a Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Himeji   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery diseases; Cerebral arteries; Coronary artery disease; Magnetic resonance angiography; Progression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0142056072     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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