Recurrent extracranial carotid artery vasospasms: Report of 2 cases

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2170-2173

  Janzarik, Wibke G ^a   Ringleb, Peter A ^b   Reinhard, Matthias ^a   Rauer, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internal carotid arteries; Sonography; Stroke, ischemic; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUNARIZINE; MAGNESIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NITRENDIPINE; PHENPROCOUMON; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ULTRASOUND; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REMISSION;

ADULT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 33747187506     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000231646.30541.d8     Document Type: Article

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