Usefulness of urgent combined carotid/transcranial ultrasound testing in early prognosis of TIA patients;Efectividad del estudio ultrasonográfico precoz en el pronóstico a corto plazo de los pacientes con un accidente vascular cerebral isquémico transitorio

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 126, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 647-650

  Purroy, Francisco ^a   Montaner, Joan ^a   Delgado, Pilar ^a   Arenillas, Juan Francisco ^a   Molina, Carlos Alberto ^a   Santamarina, Esteban ^a   Quintana, Manolo ^a   Álvarez Sabín, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler; Outcome; Transcranial Doppler; Transient cerebral ischemia; Transient ischemic attack; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 33745113770     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13087842     Document Type: Article

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