Massive cerebral infarction: A potential fatal complication of plaque fissuring of lipid-rich atheromas of the carotid artery. Case reports

Angiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 381-387

  Chow, Louis Tsun Cheung ^a   Chow, Wing Hing ^b   Lee, Joseph Chuen Kwun ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE;

EID: 0029939144     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979604700409     Document Type: Article

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