Low ankle-brachial index is an independent predictor of poor functional outcome in acute cerebral infarction

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-117

  Kim, Jinkwon ^a,b   Lee, Dong Hyun ^a,c   Cha, Myoung Jin ^a,d   Song, Tae Jin ^a   Park, Ji Hye ^a   Lee, Hye Sun ^a   Nam, Chung Mo ^a   Nam, Hyo Suk ^a   Kim, Young Dae ^a   Heo, Ji Hoe ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Atherosclerosis; Peripheral artery disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RISK; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865354306     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.06.058     Document Type: Article

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