Ischemic stroke due to acute basilar artery occlusion: Proportion and outcomes

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 671-675

  Israeli Korn, Simon D ^a   Schwammenthal, Yvonne ^a   Yonash Kimchi, Tali ^a,b   Bakon, Mati ^a,b   Tsabari, Rakefet ^a   Orion, David ^a   Bruk, Bella ^a   Molshatzki, Noa ^a   Merzeliak, Oleg ^a   Chapman, Joab ^a   Tanne, David ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basilar artery occlusion; Epidemiology; Reperfusion; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BASILAR ARTERY OCCLUSION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650064280     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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