Healing of carotid stents: A prospective duplex ultrasound study

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 636-642

  Willfort Ehringer, Andrea ^a,b   Ahmadi, Ramazanali ^a   Gschwandtner, Michael E ^a   Haumer, Angelika ^a   Heinz, Gottfried ^a   Lang, Wilfried ^a   Ehringer, Herbert ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Duplex ultrasound; Echogenicity; Healing; Internal carotid artery; Morphology; Neointima; Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID STENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0141590496     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2003)010<0636:HOCSAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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