High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging reveals hidden etiologies of symptomatic vertebral arterial lesions

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 293-302

  Chung, Jong Won ^a   Kim, Beom Joon ^a,b   Choi, Byung Se ^b   Sohn, Chul Ho ^a   Bae, Hee Joon ^a   Yoon, Byung Woo ^a   Lee, Seung Hoon ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; plaque; posterior circulation; vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE STROKE; IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAQUE; POSTERIOR CIRCULATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 84893425321     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.02.021     Document Type: Article

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