Silent cerebral embolism caused by neurologically symptomatic high-grade carotid stenosis: Event rates before and after carotid endarterectomy

Brain

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1005-1015

  Siebler, M ^a   Sitzer, M ^a   Rose, G ^a   Bendfeldt, D ^a   Steinmetz, H ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027521526     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/116.5.1005     Document Type: Article

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