Risk Factors for Carotid Stenosis in Thai Patients With Ischemic Stroke/TIA

Angiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 789-792

  Dharmasaroja, Pornpatr A ^a   Intharakham, Kannakorn ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Thammasat Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

carotid duplex; carotid stenosis; stroke; transient ischemic attack; vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 78049435305     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319710369793     Document Type: Article

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