Microembolic signals in acute posterior circulation cerebral ischemia: Sources and consequences

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 747-752

  Hwang, Jaechun ^a   Kim, Suk Jae ^a   Hong, Ji Man ^b   Bang, Oh Young ^a   Chung, Chin Sang ^a   Lee, Kwang Ho ^a   Kim, Gyeong Moon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

diffusion weighted image; microembolic signal; posterior circulation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE POSTERIOR CIRCULATION CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BASILAR ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLIC SIGNAL; MICROEMBOLISM; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84862795880     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.633438     Document Type: Article

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