Ischemic stroke patterns and hemodynamic features in patients with small vertebrobasilar artery

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 227-235

  Park, Jong Ho ^a   Roh, Jae Kyu ^b   Kwon, Hyung Min ^c  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiography; Ischemic pattern; Long circumferential artery; MR imaging; Small vertebrobasilar artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LONG CIRCUMFERENTIAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CIRCULATION STROKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR LESION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CAUSALITY; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 70350620289     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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