Carotid intima-media thickness is different in large- and small-vessel ischemic stroke: The SMART study

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1371-1373

  Pruissen, D Martijn O ^a   Gerritsen, Susan A M ^a   Prinsen, Talitha J ^a   Dijk, Joke M ^c   Kappelle, L Jaap ^a   Algra, Ale ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brain ischemia; Intima media thickness; Lacunar infarcts; Pathogenesis; Risk factors; Stroke subtype; Symptomatic carotid stenosis; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGE; BRAIN ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; INTIMA; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 34247892454     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000260220.37016.88     Document Type: Article

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