Increases in cerebral atherosclerosis according to CHADS2 scores in patients with stroke with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 930-934

  Kim, Young Dae ^a   Cha, Myoung Jin ^a   Kim, Jinkwon ^a   Lee, Dong Hyun ^a   Lee, Hye Sun ^a   Nam, Chung Mo ^a   Nam, Hyo Suk ^a   Heo, Ji Hoe ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; atrial fibrillation; CHADS2 score; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHADS 2 SCORE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONVALVULAR HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 79954606499     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.602987     Document Type: Article

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