Atherosclerotic Disease of the Aortic Arch as a Risk Factor for Recurrent Ischemic Stroke
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- The French Study of Aortic Plaques in Stroke GroupTGThe French Study of Aortic Plaques in Stroke Group
Open Access
- 9 May 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 334 (19) , 1216-1221
Abstract
Atherosclerotic disease of the aortic arch is found in 60 percent of patients 60 years of age or older who have had brain infarction. The aim of this study was to determine whether atherosclerotic plaques in the aortic arch are a risk factor for recurrent brain infarction and for vascular events in general (i.e., brain infarction, myocardial infarction, peripheral embolism, and death from vascular causes).Keywords
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