Carotid disease in acute ischemic stroke patients of northern Israel

• Published in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica Vol. 126; no. 6; pp. 398 - 403
• Main Authors: Telman, G., Sprecher, E., Kouperberg, E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2012; Blackwell
• Subjects: Age; Age Factors; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; carotid; Carotid Artery Diseases - epidemiology; Comorbidity; Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases; Demography; Diabetes mellitus; Embolism; ethnic; Ethnic groups; Female; Humans; Hyperlipidemia; Ischemia; ischemic stroke; Israel - epidemiology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neurology; Plaques; Prevalence; Regression analysis; Risk Factors; Smoking; Stenosis; Stroke; Stroke - epidemiology; Thrombosis; Ultrasound; Israel; Human; Cerebral infarction; Stroke; Nervous system diseases; ethnic; Acute; Cardiovascular disease; Artery; Cerebral disorder; Vascular disease; Blood vessel; Carotid; Central nervous system disease; Brain ischemia; Circulatory system; Cerebrovascular disease; ischemic stroke

Background Carotid disease complicated by thrombosis or embolism is a frequent cause of acute ischemic stroke. The aim of the study was to determine factors associated with carotid disease in patients suffering from acute ischemic stroke in northern Israel. Methods Participants were 1378 acute ische...