Can carotid endarterectomy improve metabolic status in patients with asymptomatic internal carotid artery flow lesion? Studies with localized in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 559-564

  Kim, Geun Eun ^a   Lee, Jung Hee ^a   Cho, Yong Pil ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Kangnung Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036736302     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.126555     Document Type: Article

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