Iatrogenic vertebrobasilar insufficiency after surgery of the subclavian or brachial artery: Review of three cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1450-1458

  Amar, Arun Paul ^a   Levy, Michael L ^a   Giannotta, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Cerebral ischemia; Circle of Willis; Subclavian steal; Vertebral artery; Vertebrobasilar insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; BRAIN DEATH; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031730681     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199812000-00111     Document Type: Article

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