Atherothrombotic ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 485-490

  Benbir, Gulcin ^a   Uluduz, Derya ^a   Ince, Birsen ^a   Bozluolcay, Melda ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Definite cardioembolic stroke; Extracranial carotid artery disease; Ischemic stroke; Non valvular atrial fibrillation; Possible atherothrombotic stroke; Possible lacunar infarction; Probable cardioembolic stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROTHROMBOTIC ISCHEMIC STROKE; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFARCTION; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NONVALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249087789     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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