Distal embolization after stenting of the vertebral artery: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging findings

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-195

  Canyigit, Murat ^a   Arat, Anil ^b,c   Cil, Barbaros E ^a   Turkbey, Baris ^a   Saatci, Isil ^a   Cekirge, Saruhan ^a   Balkanci, Ferhun ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted MR imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stenosis; Stenting; Vertebral artery; Vertebrobasilar insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TURKEY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33846539771     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-005-0384-6     Document Type: Article

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