Spontaneous recanalization of internal carotid artery occlusion evaluated with color flow imaging and contrast arteriography

International Angiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-71

  Camporese, G ^a   Verlato, F ^a   Salmistraro, G ^a   Ragazzi, R ^a   Andreozzi, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid stenosis, diagnosis; Cerebral revascularization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; PICOTAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RECANALIZATION; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0038724618     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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