Stroke risk after posterior circulation stroke/transient ischemic attack and its relationship to site of vertebrobasilar stenosis: Pooled data analysis from prospective studies

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 598-604

  Gulli, Giosue ^a   Marquardt, Lars ^b   Rothwell, Peter M ^b   Markus, Hugh S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Posterior circulation; Prognosis; Stroke; Systematic review; TIA; Vertebrobasilar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84876223014     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.669929     Document Type: Article

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