Basilar artery diameter and 5-year mortality in patients with stroke

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2342-2347

  Pico, Fernando ^a   Labreuche, Julien ^b   Gourfinkel An, Isabelle ^c   Amarenco, Pierre ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Mortality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STROKE;

AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33748373399     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000236058.57880.03     Document Type: Article

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