Moderate atheroma of the aortic arch and the risk of stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 26-31

  Tanaka, Makiko ^a,b   Yasaka, Masahiro ^a   Nagano, Keiko ^a   Otsubo, Ryoichi ^a   Oe, Hiroshi ^a   Naritomi, Hiroaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Cardiovascular diseases; Cerebral infarction; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 30944435597     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089590     Document Type: Article

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