Revascularization of the posterior circulation

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Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-62

  Coert, Bert A ^a   Chang, Steven D ^a   Marks, Michael P ^a   Steinberg, Gary K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Bypass; Parent vessel occlusion; Revascularization; Vertebrobasilar ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METHOTREXATE; WARFARIN;

ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; EXTRAINTRACRANIAL ANASTOMOSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STENT; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN GRAFT; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 16244385014     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-868162     Document Type: Review

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