Detection of microemboli by transcranial Doppler sonography after carotid endarterectomy

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 791-794

  Akiyama, Yoshinori ^a   Todaka, Tatemi ^a   Nomura, Motohiro ^a   Sawada, Motoshi ^a   Morimoto, Masafumi ^a   Kojima, Akio ^a   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^a   Yoshimoto, Haruko ^a   Nagatsuka, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Carotid endarterectomy; Microemboli; Transcranial Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STROKE;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 12644254711     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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