Silent Brain Infarction and Risk of Future Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Stroke

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 719-725

  Gupta, Ajay ^a   Giambrone, Ashley E ^a   Gialdini, Gino ^a   Finn, Caitlin ^a   Delgado, Diana ^b   Gutierrez, Jose ^c   Wright, Clinton ^d   Beiser, Alexa S ^e   Seshadri, Sudha ^f   Pandya, Ankur ^g   Kamel, Hooman ^g  

^a FEIL FAMILY BRAIN AND MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Medicine   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

brain infarction; infarction; magnetic resonance imaging; risk factors; stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LEUKOARAIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIVASCULAR SPACE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR LESION; FORECASTING; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

BRAIN INFARCTION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84959539618     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011889     Document Type: Article

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