Does impaired cerebrovascular reactivity predict stroke risk in asymptomatic carotid stenosis?: A prospective substudy of the asymptomatic carotid emboli study

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1550-1555

  King, Alice ^a   Serena, Joaquin ^b   Bornstein, Natan M ^c   Markus, Hugh S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospital Josep Trueta   (Spain)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

asymptomatic carotid stenosis; cerebral hemodynamics; transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 79958272550     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.609057     Document Type: Article

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