Embolic signals and prediction of ipsilateral stroke or transient ischemic attack in asymptomatic carotid stenosis: A multicenter prospective cohort study

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1128-1133

  Abbott, Anne L ^a,b,d,e   Chambers, Brian R ^a,b,e   Stork, Jacinda L ^a,b,e   Levi, Christopher R ^c   Bladin, Christopher F ^d   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^a,b,e  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Embolic signal; Risk; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 20444378838     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000166059.30464.0a     Document Type: Article

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