Transcranial Doppler intraoperative monitoring during carotid endarterectomy: Experience with regional or general anesthesia, with and without shunting

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-13

  Ghali, Rafik ^a   Palazzo, Ettore G ^a   Rodriguez, Dirk I ^a   Zammit, Michael ^a   Loudenback, Dennis L ^a   DeMuth, R Patrick ^a   Spencer, Merrill P ^a   Sauvage, Lester R ^a,b  

^a Hope Heart Institute ^*

^b HOPE HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SHUNTING; STROKE;

EID: 0030942242     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169900003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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