Switching off embolization from symptomatic carotid plaque using S-nitrosoglutathione

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1480-1484

  Kaposzta, Zoltan ^a   Martin, John F ^a   Markus, Hugh S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Drugs; Nitric oxide; Platelets; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PLACEBO; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ASPIRIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RECURRENCE; S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0037177168     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000012347.47001.97     Document Type: Article

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