Value of carotid intima-media thickness and significant carotid stenosis as markers of stroke recurrence

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3099-3104

  Roquer, Jaume ^a   Segura, Tomás ^b   Serena, Joaquín ^c   Cuadrado Godia, Elisa ^a   Blanco, Miguel ^d   García García, Jorge ^b   Castillo, José ^d  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Department of Neurology   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; carotid stenosis; intima media thickness; ischemic stroke; stroke recurrence

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE PATIENT;

AGED; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; STROKE;

EID: 80054986778     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.612010     Document Type: Article

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