Carotid stenosis as predictor of stroke after transient ischemic attacks

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 85-89

  Bonifati, Domenico Marco ^a   Lorenzi, Alessandra ^a   Ermani, Mario ^b   Refatti, Franca ^a   Gremes, Elisabetta ^a   Boninsegna, Claudio ^a   Filipponi, Stefania ^a   Orrico, Daniele ^a  

^a SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABCD2 score; Carotid stenosis; Carotid ultrasound; Stroke; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ABCD2 SCORE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPEECH DISORDERS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952815292     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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