Comparison of microembolism detected by transcranial Doppler and neuropsychological sequelae of carotid surgery and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1329-1334

  Crawley, Francesca ^a   Stygall, Jan ^a   Lunn, Sarah ^a   Harrison, Michael ^a   Brown, Martin M ^b   Newman, Stanton ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Carotid endarterectomy; Doppler; Embolism; Neuropsychology; Transcranial; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0034110579     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.6.1329     Document Type: Article

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