The prognostic value of pulsatility index, flow velocity, and their ratio, measured with TCD ultrasound, in patients with a recent TIA or ischemic stroke

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 238-244

  Wijnhoud, A D ^a   Koudstaal, P J ^a   Dippel, D W J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; Pulsatility index; Stroke risk; Transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PULSATILITY INDEX; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULSATILE FLOW; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 80053070491     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01462.x     Document Type: Article

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