Use of magnetic resonance angiography to predict long-term outcomes of ischemic stroke patients with concurrent stenoses in Hong Kong

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-118

  Man, B L ^a,b   Fu, Y P ^a   Chan, Y Y ^b   Lam, W ^c   Hui, C F ^b   Leung, W H ^b   Wong, K S ^b  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carotid duplex; Concurrent intracranial and extracranial stenoses; Magnetic resonance angiography; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 66449101648     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000223435     Document Type: Article

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