Transcranial Doppler assessment of cerebrovascular reactivity in symptomatic and asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1970-1973

  Silvestrini, Mauro ^a,b   Troisi, Elio ^a   Matteis, Maria ^a   Cupini, Letizia M ^a   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

carotid stenosis; vasomotor reactivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BREATH HOLDING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0029826328     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.11.1970     Document Type: Article

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