Relative energy index of microembolic signal can predict malignant microemboli

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 700-706

  Choi, Youngbin ^a,b   Saqqur, Maher ^c   Stewart, Eileen ^b   Stephenson, Caroline ^b   Roy, Jayanta ^a   Boulanger, Jean Martin ^b   Coutts, Shelagh ^b   Demchuk, Andrew M ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Malignant emboli; Microemboli; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPTOM; THROMBUS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; EMBOLISM; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 77950292090     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.573733     Document Type: Article

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