The mechanism of ischemic stroke in patients with dolichoectatic basilar artery

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 437-444

  Kumral, Emre ^a   Kisabay, A ^a   Atac C ^a   Kaya, C ^a   Calli C ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dolichoectatic basilar artery; Ischemic; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMATOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BASILAR ARTERY DOLICHOECTASIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECTASIA; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THALAMUS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN MAPPING; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 20044390060     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2005.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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