Management of the near total internal carotid artery occlusion

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 250-255

  Giannoukas, Athanasios D ^a,d   Labropoulos, N ^b   Smith, F C T ^c   Venables, G S ^a   Beard, J D ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Critical stenosis; Internal carotid artery; Management; Near total occlusion; Pre occlusive disease; Sub occlusion

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STENOSIS; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS;

EID: 13944256313     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2004.12.002     Document Type: Review

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