Predictors of Clinical Outcome and Mortality in Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Diagnosed by Magnetic Resonance Angiography

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 388-393

  Wolfe, Thomas ^a   Ubogu, Eroboghene E ^b   Fernandes Filho, Jose Americo ^c   Zaidat, Osama O ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance angiography; outcome; predictors; vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; VERTEBROBASILAR DOLICHOECTASIA; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 54849426634     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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