Stenting of vertebrobasilar arteries in symptomatic atherosclerotic disease and acute occlusion: Case series and review of the literature

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1145-1154

  Eberhardt, Olaf ^a   Naegele, Thomas ^b   Raygrotzki, Sabine ^b   Weller, Michael ^a   Ernemann, Ulrike ^b  

^a Department of General Neurology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY LESION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33744821094     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.02.027     Document Type: Article

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