Characterization of ultrasound-detected cerebral microemboli in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization using an in vitro middle cerebral artery model

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-330

  Yang, Yi ^a,d   Grosset, Donald G ^b   Yang, Tao ^a   Lees, Kennedy R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterization; Cerebral embolism; Complications; Diagnosis; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0034932910     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1175     Document Type: Article

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