Characterization of the infarct pattern caused by vulnerable aortic arch atheroma: DWI and multidetector row CT study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 549-557

  Kim, Suk Jae ^a   Ryoo, Sookyung ^a   Hwang, Jaechun ^a   Noh, Hyun Jin ^a   Park, Jae Hyun ^a   Choe, Yeon Hyeon ^b   Bang, Oh Young ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aortic arch atheroma; Diffusion weighted imaging; Ischemic stroke; Multidetector cardiac computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ARCH ATHEROMA; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR LESION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84861959981     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338018     Document Type: Article

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