Stroke risk prediction beyond classical risk factors: The role of the ankle-brachial index

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 555-556

  Sander, Dirk ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Medical Park Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 77950323600     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000306641     Document Type: Note

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