Correlation of large artery intracranial occlusive disease with carotid intima-media thickness and presence of carotid plaque

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-72

  Leng, Xin Yi ^a   Chen, Xiang Yan ^a   Chook, Ping ^a   Xiong, Li ^a   Lin, Wen Hua ^a   Liu, Jing Yi ^a   Tomlinson, Brian ^a   Thomas, G Neil ^c   Lam, Tai Hing ^b   Lam, Karen S L ^b   Cheung, Bernard M Y ^b   Wong, Ka Sing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carotid intima media thickness; carotid plaque; intracranial occlusive disease

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URATE; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LARGE ARTERY INTRACRANIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872066678     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.675652     Document Type: Article

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