Atherosclerotic plaque ulceration in the symptomatic internal carotid artery is associated with nonlacunar ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1151-1156

  Homburg, Philip J ^a   Rozie, Sietske ^a   Van Gils, Marjon J ^a   Jansen, Tessa ^a   De Weert, Thomas T ^a   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Computed tomography; Stroke subtype; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONLACUNAR ISCHEMIC STROKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953128256     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.576256     Document Type: Article

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