Frequency and outcome of carotid atheromatous disease in patients with stroke in Pakistan

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 708-712

  Wasay, Mohammad ^a   Azeemuddin, Muhammad ^a   Masroor, Imrana ^a   Sajjad, Zafar ^b   Ahmed, Rasheed ^c   Khealani, Bhojo A ^a   Malik, Muhammad Ashar ^a   Afridi, Maria Babar ^a   Kamal, Ayeesha ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b ZIAUDDIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Advanced Radiology Center (ARC)   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carotid; Doppler; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62449163982     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.532960     Document Type: Article

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