Retinal vascular caliber and extracranial carotid disease in patients with acute ischemic stroke: The multi-centre retinal stroke (mcrs) study

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3695-3699

  De Silva, Deidre A ^a   Liew, Gerald ^b   Wong, Meng Cheong ^c   Chang, Hui Meng ^a   Chen, Christopher ^d   Wang, Jie Jin ^b,e   Baker, Michelle L ^e   Hand, Peter J ^f   Rochtchina, Elena ^b   Liu, Erica Yang ^g   Mitchell, Paul ^b   Lindley, Richard I ^b   Wong, Tien Yin ^e,g  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c National Medical Research Council   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carotid disease; Ischemic stroke; Retinal vessel caliber

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; VENULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOLES; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINAL VEIN; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENULES;

EID: 73449103169     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.559435     Document Type: Article

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