Comprehensive evaluation of coronary artery disease and aortic atherosclerosis in acute ischemic stroke patients: Usefulness based on framingham risk score and stroke subtype

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 592-600

  Cho, Hyun Ji ^a   Lee, Joon Hwa ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Moon, Yeonsil ^a   Ko, Sung Min ^b   Kim, Hahn Young ^a,b,c  

^a Bupyeong gu   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aortic atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Dual source CT; Framingham risk score; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STENOSIS; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 79953789135     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326075     Document Type: Article

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