Morphological classification of mobile plaques and their association with early recurrence of stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 606-611

  Ogata, Toshiyasu ^a   Yasaka, Masahiro ^a   Wakugawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kitazono, Takanari ^b   Okada, Yasushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery diseases; Ischemic stroke; Mobile plaques; Recurrent strokes; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 77957775191     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319889     Document Type: Article

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