Asymptomatic embolisation for prediction of stroke in the Asymptomatic Carotid Emboli Study (ACES): a prospective observational study

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 663-671

  Markus, Hugh S ^a   King, Alice ^a   Shipley, Martin ^b   Topakian, Raffi ^a   Cullinane, Marisa ^a   Reihill, Sheila ^a   Bornstein, Natan M ^c   Schaafsma, Arjen ^d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL DETECTION; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 77953476898     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70120-4     Document Type: Article

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