Optimizing screening and management of asymptomatic coronary artery disease in patients with stroke and patients with transient ischemic attack

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3407-3409

  Ovbiagele, Bruce ^a   Liebeskind, David S ^a   Kim, Doojin ^a   Ali, Latisha K ^a   Pineda, Sandra ^a   Saver, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary; Framingham risk score; Myocardial infarction; Risk factors; Screening; Stress testing; Stroke; TIA

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 70349655495     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.560151     Document Type: Article

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