Cerebral haemodynamic aspects of severe carotid stenosis: Asymptomatic vs symptomatic

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-62

  Lucertini, G ^a   Ermirio, D ^a   Belardi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back pressure; Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; Cerebral vasoreactivity; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0036636505     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1668     Document Type: Article

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