Transient Ischemic Attack Before Nonlacunar Ischemic Stroke in the Elderly

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 257-262

  Della Morte, David ^a,c   Abete, Pasquale ^a   Gallucci, Ferdinando ^b   Scaglione, Anna ^a   D'Ambrosio, Daniele ^a   Gargiulo, Gaetano ^a   De Rosa, Giovanna ^a   Dave, Kunjan R ^c   Lin, Hung Wen ^c   Cacciatore, Francesco ^d   Mazzella, Francesca ^d   Uomo, Generoso ^b   Rundek, Tanja ^c   Perez Pinzon, Miguel A ^c   Rengo, Franco ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemic preconditioning; elderly; stroke; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49949107920     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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