Aortic Atherosclerosis, Hypercoagulability, and Stroke
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Aortic Atherosclerosis, Hypercoagulability, and Stroke
Methods We performed transesophageal echocardiography in 255 patients with first acute ischemic stroke and in 209 control subjects matched by age, gender, and race/ethnicity. The association between arch plaques and hypercoagulability, and its effect on the stroke risk, was assessed with a case-control design. Stroke patients were then followed prospectively to assess recurrent stroke and death.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.04.062