Combined measurement of carotid stiffness and intima-media thickness improves prediction of complex aortic plaques in patients with ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2708-2712

  Harloff, Andreas ^a   Strecker, Christoph ^a   Reinhard, Matthias ^a   Kollum, Marc ^a   Handke, Michael ^a   Olschewski, Manfred ^a   Weiller, Cornelius ^a   Hetzel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic plaques; Carotid arteries; Distensibility; Intima media thickness; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; SCREENING TEST; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 33750948457     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000244763.19013.dc     Document Type: Article

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