Improvement of carotid blood flow after carotid endarterectomy - Evaluation using intraoperative ultrasound flow measurement

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-174

  Eckstein, H H ^a   Eichbaum, M ^a   Klemm, K ^a   Doerfler, A ^a   Ringleb, P ^a   Bruckner, T ^a   Allenberg, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid specimen; Carotid stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASTINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0037289822     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1820     Document Type: Article

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