Impaired clearance of emboli (washout) is an important link between hypoperfusion, embolism, and ischemic stroke

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1475-1482

  Caplan, Louis R ^a,c   Hennerici, Michael ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031788912     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.11.1475     Document Type: Article

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