Microembolic signal predicts recurrent cerebral ischemic events in acute stroke patients with middle cerebral artery stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2832-2836

  Gao, Shan ^a,b   Ka, Sing Wong ^a,e   Hansberg, Tjark ^c   Lam, Wynnie W M ^a   Droste, Dirk W ^c,d   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Arterial occlusive disease; Cerebral ischemia; Embolism; Microembolic signals; Outcome; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SMOKING; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 9444263057     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000147035.31297.b6     Document Type: Article

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