Ulcerated plaques in the aortic arch contribute to symptomatic multiple brain infarction

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1306-1311

  Yoshimura, Sohei ^a   Toyoda, Kazunori ^a   Kuwashiro, Takahiro ^a   Koga, Masatoshi ^a   Otsubo, Ryoichi ^a   Konaka, Kuni ^a   Naganuma, Masaki ^a   Matsuoka, Hideki ^a   Naritomi, Hiroaki ^a   Minematsu, Kazuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTIC ULCER; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSOESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULCERATED PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BRAIN; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 78649611597     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.198606     Document Type: Article

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