The pathophysiology of watershed infarction in internal carotid artery disease: Review of cerebral perfusion studies

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 567-577

  Momjian Mayor, Isabelle ^a,b   Baron, Jean Claude ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid artery occlusion; Cerebral blood flow; Stroke; Tomography emission, computed

Indexed keywords

ARTERY EMBOLISM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; MICROEMBOLISM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PERFUSION;

EID: 14844286435     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000155727.82242.e1     Document Type: Review

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