Underlying pathology of stroke of unknown cause (cryptogenic stroke)

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 97-103

  Amarenco, Pierre ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brain arteries; Causes of stroke; Cryptogenic stroke

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOGENIC STROKE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISSECTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACRANIAL ATHEROMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; INTRACRANIAL ATHEROMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

AORTIC DISEASES; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 64149118814     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000200446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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