Characteristics of Doppler embolic signals observed following carotid endarterectomy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1011-1023

  Chung, Emma M L ^a   Fan, Lingke ^a   Naylor, A Ross ^b   Evans, David H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Doppler ultrasound; Emboli; TCD

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; BLOOD VESSELS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISKS;

CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DOPPLER ULTRASOUNDS; EMBOLI; TCD;

CARDIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLE; THROMBUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33745590653     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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