Cerebral vasomotor reactivity of bilateral severe carotid stenosis: Is stroke unavoidable?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-186

  Gur, A Y ^a,b   Bornstein, N M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Carotid stenosis; Circle of Willis; Doppler; Middle cerebral artery; Transcranial; Ultrasonography; Vasomotor reactivity; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33645231085     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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