Carotid stiffness indicates risk of ischemic stroke and TIA in patients with internal carotid artery stenosis: The SMART study

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2258-2262

  Dijk, Joke M ^a   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Carotid stenosis; Cerebrovascular disorders; Elasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4744339975     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000141702.26898.e9     Document Type: Article

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