High intensity transient signals in patients with carotid stenosis may persist after carotid endarterectomy

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 123-127

  Kimura, Kazumi ^a   Stork, Jacinda L ^a,b   Levi, Christopher R ^c   Abbott, Anne L ^a,b   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^a,b,d   Chambers, Brian R ^a,b,d  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; High intensity transient signals; Middle cerebral artery; Transcranial Doppler; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 1942499603     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075780     Document Type: Article

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