Risk of coronary and other nonstroke vascular death in relation to the presence and extent of atherosclerotic disease at the carotid bifurcation

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2904-2909

  Touzé, Emmanuel ^a,b   Warlow, Charles P ^c   Rothwell, Peter M ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis; Stroke; Systemic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845478382     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000248764.51601.bb     Document Type: Article

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