Atherosclerotic disease of the proximal aorta and the risk of vascular events in a population-based cohort: The aortic plaques and risk of ischemic stroke (APRIS) study

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2313-2318

  Russo, Cesare ^a   Jin, Zhezhen ^a   Rundek, Tatjana ^b   Homma, Shunichi ^a   Sacco, Ralph L ^b,c   Di Tullio, Marco R ^a,d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Prognosis; Thoracic aorta; Thromboembolism; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 67650076530     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.548313     Document Type: Article

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