Acute Ischemic Stroke After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Author(s) -
Robert G. Kowalski,
Juliet HaarbauerKrupa,
Jeneita M. Bell,
John D. Corrigan,
Flora M. Hammond,
Michel T. Torbey,
Melissa Hofmann,
Kristen Dams-O’Connor,
A. Cate Miller,
Gale G. Whiteneck
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.117.017327
Subject(s) - medicine , traumatic brain injury , stroke (engine) , ischemic stroke , cardiology , ischemia , emergency medicine , anesthesia , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to nearly 300 000 annual US hospitalizations and increased lifetime risk of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Occurrence of AIS immediately after TBI has not been well characterized. We evaluated AIS acutely after TBI and its impact on outcome.
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