Coexisting small vessel disease predicts poor long-term outcome in stroke patients with intracranial large artery atherosclerosis

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 433-439

  Fu, Jian Hui ^a   Chen, Yang Kun ^b   Chen, Xiang Yan ^b   Mok, Vincent ^b   Wong, Ka Sing ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Intracranial large artery atherosclerosis; Small vessel disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL LARGE ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMALL VESSEL DISEASE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77955599617     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319574     Document Type: Article

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