Asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis defined by ultrasound and the risk of subsequent stroke in the elderly. The cardiovascular health study

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2371-2376

  Longstreth Jr , W T ^a,f   Shemanski, Lynn ^a   Lefkowitz, David ^b   O'Leary, Daniel H ^c   Polak, Joseph F ^d   Wolfson Jr , Sidney K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Carotid artery diseases; Ultrasonography, Doppler

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0344863190     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.11.2371     Document Type: Article

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