Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis and the risk of new vascular events in patients with manifest arterial disease: The SMART study

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1470-1475

  Goessens, Bertine M B ^a   Visseren, Frank L J ^a   Kappelle, L Jaap ^b   Algra, Ale ^a,b   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis; Cardiovascular disease; Recurrent events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 34247610898     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.106.477091     Document Type: Article

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