title: Aortic arch atheroma and the risk of stroke.
abstract: Brain infarction of unknown cause, known as cryptogenic stroke, represents 30% to 40% of all ischemic strokes, or approximately 400,000 cases each year in western Europe. In this category of patients new potential causes, such as aortic arch atheroma in the elderly, have been investigated in the past two decades.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Stroke Centre, Bichat Hospital, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France. pierre.amarenco@bch.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Amarenco
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Röther
authors.forename: Patrik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Geoffrey A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Donnan
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology*; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine; D001241:Aspirin