Revascularization of occluded internal carotid arteries by hypertrophied vasa vasorum: Report of four cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 634-637

  Colon, Gary P ^a   Deveikis, John P ^a   Dickinson, Lawrence D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b Lake Chabot Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid artery; Revascularization; Stenosis; Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; VASA VASORUM;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 0032842330     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199909000-00040     Document Type: Article

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