Characteristics and Predictors of Aortic Plaques in Patients with Transient Ischemic Attacks and Strokes

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-22

  Yahia, Abutaher M ^a   Kirmani, Jawad F ^a   Xavier, Andrew R ^a   Shaukat, Aasma ^b   Qureshi, Adnan I ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex plaque; Mobile plaque; Severe plaque; Stroke; Thoracic aortic atheroma; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; STROKE; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0346118807     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228403259158     Document Type: Article

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