Retinal microvascular signs may provide clues to the underlying vasculopathy in patients with deep intracerebral hemorrhage

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 618-623

  Baker, Michelle L ^a,b   Hand, Peter J ^b   Liew, Gerald ^d   Wong, Tien Y ^a,c,e   Rochtchina, Elena ^d   Mitchell, Paul ^d   Lindley, Richard I ^d   Hankey, Graeme J ^f   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deep intracerebral hemorrhage; Lacunar infarction; Retinal microvascular signs

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LACUNAR BRAIN INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONLACUNAR BRAIN INFARCTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA VEIN; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYMPTOM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INFARCTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VESSELS; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77950277755     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.569764     Document Type: Article

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