Unstable carotid plaques: Preoperative identification and association with intraoperative embolisation detected by transcranial Doppler

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-82

  Gaunt, M E ^a   Brown, L ^a   Hartshorne, T ^a   Bell, P R F ^a   Naylor, A R ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid plaque histology; Carotid plaques; Colour duplex ultrasound; Intraoperative embolisation; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBUS; ULCER; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR LESION;

EID: 0029877377     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-5884(96)80139-0     Document Type: Article

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