Carotid sonography and transesophageal echocardiography in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack in the territory of the carotid artery

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 374-379

  Strandberg, Marjatta ^a   Marttila, Reijo J ^a   Haapanen, Arto ^a   Helenius, Hans ^b   Hartiala, Jaakko ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiac embolism; Carotid stenosis; Carotid ultrasonography; Stroke; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33749164503     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20255     Document Type: Article

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