Echocardiography in Patients With Symptomatic Intracranial Stenosis

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 216-219

  Kasner, Scott E ^a   Lynn, Michael J ^b   Jackson, Bryon P ^a   Pullicino, Patrick M ^d   Chimowitz, Marc I ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardioembolism; echocardiography; intracranial stenosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WARFARIN;

EID: 34548381751     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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