Rate of arterial occlusion in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 835-838

  Zubkov, Alexander Y ^a,b   Uschmann, Hartmut ^a   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CTA; Occlusion; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE PATIENT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 53549098843     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313208X340969     Document Type: Article

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