Predictors of outcome in acute ischemic cerebrovascular syndromes: The GIFA study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-396

  Tuttolomondo, Antonino ^a   Pedone, Claudio ^b   Pinto, Antonio ^a   Di Raimondo, Domenico ^a   Fernandez, Paola ^a   Di Sciacca, Riccardo ^a   Licata, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Area di Geriatria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ischemic cerebrovascular syndrome; Stroke; TIA

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACUTE ISCHEMIC CEREBROVASCULAR SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS;

EID: 40949159311     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.03.109     Document Type: Article

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