Association of carotid plaque echogenicity with recurrence of ischemic stroke

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 371-376

  Singh, Amit Shankar ^a   Atam, Virendra ^a   Jain, Nirdesh ^a   Yathish, Besthanahalli Errapa ^a   Patil, Malagouda R ^a   Das, Liza ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carotid ultrsonography; Cerebrovascular diseases; Echogenic plaque; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 84879548547     PISSN: 22501541     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.114170     Document Type: Article

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