Extensive leukoaraiosis is associated with high early risk of recurrence after ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 479-485

  Kim, Gyeong Moon ^a,b   Park, Kwang Yeol ^b,d   Avery, Ross ^b   Helenius, Johanna ^b   Rost, Natalia ^c   Rosand, Jonathan ^c   Rosen, Bruce ^b   Ay, Hakan ^b,c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Leukoaraiosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERY ELDERLY;

LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84893809646     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003004     Document Type: Article

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