Nontraditional risk factors for ischemic stroke: An update

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3571-3578

  Bang, Oh Young ^a   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^b   Kim, Jong S ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

chronic kidney disease; depression; inflammation; obesity; risk factors; sleep apnea syndrome; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PIOGLITAZONE; ROSUVASTATIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; VITAMIN D;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATIGUE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUTRITION; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SMOKING; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STROKE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STROKE;

EID: 84948103560     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.010954     Document Type: Review

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