Intracranial atherosclerotic disease

Stroke Research and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Khan, Maria ^a   Naqvi, Imama ^a   Bansari, Asha ^a   Kamal, Ayeesha Kamran ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS CLOPIDOGREL; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CILOSTAZOL; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STENT; STROKE; THROMBOGENESIS; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

EID: 80052733405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20420056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/282845     Document Type: Review

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