Patients with low stump pressure and possible pressure fall in the middle cerebral artery during carotid surgery may be identified preoperatively by transcranial doppler

European Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 259-263

  Kjällman, Lena ^a   Blomstrand, Christian ^a   Holm, Jan ^a   Lund, Tony ^a   Volkmann, Reinhard ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Doppler; Endarterectomy; Stump pressure; Transcranial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0029117405     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117145     Document Type: Article

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