Characteristics of cerebral microembolism during carotid stenting and angioplasty alone

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1410-1413

  Orlandi, Giovanni ^a,b   Fanucchi, Simona ^a   Fioretti, Cristina ^a   Acerbi, Giovanni ^a   Puglioli, Michele ^a   Padolecchia, Riccardo ^a   Sartucci, Ferdinando ^a   Murri, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Clinic of Neurology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

EID: 0034849271     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.58.9.1410     Document Type: Article

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