Prevalence of carotid artery stenosis in Taiwanese patients with one ischemic stroke

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Tan, Teng Yeow ^a   Chang, Ku Chou ^a   Liou, Chia Wei ^a   Schminke, Ulf ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Ischemic stroke; Taiwanese population; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 10944251566     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20081     Document Type: Article

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