Association between cerebral arterial calcification and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in patients with acute ischemic stroke

European Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 364-370

  Park, Kwang Yeol ^a   Kim, Yong Bum ^b   Moon, Heui Soo ^b   Suh, Bum Chun ^b   Chung, Pil Wook ^b  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Cerebral arterial calcification; Ischemic stroke; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; STROKE;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCINOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIBIAL ARTERIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64149083969     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000210549     Document Type: Article

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