Is transcranial doppler effective in avoiding the hazards of carotid surgery?

Vascular

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-337

  Bornstein, N M ^a   Rossi, G B ^a   Treves, T A ^a   Shifrin, E G ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

endarterectomy; monitoring; transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HAZARD; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0029976927     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099600400313     Document Type: Article

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