Head Computed Tomography Findings Predict Short-Term Stroke Risk after Transient Ischemic Attack

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2894-2898

  Douglas, Vanja C ^a   Johnston, Clarissa M ^b   Elkins, Jacob ^a   Sidney, Stephen ^c   Gress, Daryl R ^d   Johnston, S Claiborne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Lynchburg Pulmonary Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia, transient; Cerebrovascular accident; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345119181     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000102900.74360.D9     Document Type: Article

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