Carotid Artery Stenosis as a Cause of Stroke
Author(s) -
Matthew L. Flaherty,
Brett Kissela,
Jane Khoury,
Kathleen Alwell,
Charles J. Moomaw,
Daniel Woo,
Pooja Khatri,
Simona Ferioli,
Opeolu Adeoye,
Joseph P. Broderick,
Dawn Kleindorfer
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
neuroepidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1423-0208
pISSN - 0251-5350
DOI - 10.1159/000341410
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , stroke (engine) , cardiology , internal carotid artery , population , occlusion , ischemic stroke , incidence (geometry) , common carotid artery , carotid arteries , ischemia , mechanical engineering , physics , environmental health , optics , engineering
Population-based studies have estimated that about 15% of ischemic strokes are caused by large-vessel cerebrovascular disease. We determined the types of large-vessel atherosclerosis responsible for ischemic strokes in a population-based stroke study.
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