Emergency and early carotid endarterectomy in patients with acute ischemic stroke selected with a predefined protocol. A prospective pilot study

International Angiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 426-430

  Sbarigia, Enrico ^a   Toni, D ^b   Speziale, F ^a   Falcou, A ^b   Sacchetti, M L ^b   Panico, M A ^a   Fiorelli, M ^b   Argentino, C ^b   Ducasse, E ^a   Fiorani, P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Cerebrovascular accident; Endarterectomy, carotid

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SAFETY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 12144286352     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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