Carotid angioplasty detection of embolic signals during and after the procedure

Stroke

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 2403-2406

  Markus, Hugh S ^a   Clifton, Andrew ^b   Buckenham, Tim ^c   Brown, Martin M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ATKINSON MORLEY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Carotid artery diseases; Cerebral embolism and thrombosis; Hemodynamics; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0027999991     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.25.12.2403     Document Type: Article

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