Multidisciplinary treatment of posterior circulation ischemia

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-73

  Misra, Mukesh ^a   Alp, M S ^a   Hier, D ^a   Ausman, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Bypass; Cerebral revascularization; Endovascular angioplasty; Posterior fossa ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; TICLOPIDINE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0842289233     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104773026552     Document Type: Review

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