Arterial stiffness and progressive neurological deficit in patients with acute deep subcortical infarction

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3088-3090

  Saji, Naoki ^a   Kimura, Kazumi ^a   Kawarai, Toshitaka ^b   Shimizu, Hirotaka ^b   Kita, Yasushi ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Himeji   (Japan)

Author keywords

acute stroke; arterial stiffness; atherosclerosis; blood brain barrier; deep subcortical infarct; progressive neurological deficit; pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SUBCORTICAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE NEUROLOGICAL DEFICIT; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84868193535     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.670737     Document Type: Article

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