Prevalence and outcomes of symptomatic intracranial large artery stenoses and occlusions in China: The Chinese intracranial atherosclerosis (CICAS) study

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 663-669

  Wang, Yongjun ^a   Zhao, Xingquan ^a   Liu, Liping ^a   Soo, Yannie O Y ^b   Pu, Yuehua ^a   Pan, Yuesong ^a   Wang, Yilong ^a   Zou, Xinying ^b   Leung, Thomas W H ^b   Cai, Yefeng ^c   Bai, Qingke ^d   Wu, Yiping ^e   Wang, Chunxue ^a   Pan, Xiaoping ^f   Luo, Benyan ^g   Wong, Ka Sing Lawrence ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Hospital   (China)

^e SHANGHAI FIRST PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^f GUANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^g ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intracranial arteriosclerosis; Prevalence; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; VERY ELDERLY;

INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHINA; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899150326     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003508     Document Type: Article

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