Silent cerebral microembolism in asymptomatic and symptomatic carotid artery stenoses of low and high degree

European Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-43

  Orlandi, Giovanni ^a   Parenti, Giuliano ^a   Bertolucci, Alessandra ^a   Murri, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain embolism; Carotid stenosis; Endarterectomy; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY TRANSIENT SIGNAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0030739493     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112900     Document Type: Article

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