Ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack in young adults: Risk factors, diagnostic yield, neuroimaging, and thrombolysis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-57

  Ji, Ruijun ^a,b   Schwamm, Lee H ^a   Pervez, Muhammad A ^a   Singhal, Aneesh B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPERTENSION; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH STROKE SCALE SCORE; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE SCALE SCORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872580333     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.575     Document Type: Article

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