Is there a potential role for hyoid bone compression in pathogenesis of carotid artery stenosis?

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 650-653

  Abdelaziz, Osama S ^c   Ogilvy, Christopher S ^a   Lev, Michael ^b  

^a Neurosurgical and Neurology Services   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Carotid endarterectomy; Hyoid bone

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SHEAR STRESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033019998     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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