Spontaneous recanalization of occluded standard extracranial-intracranial arterial bypass

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Scharf, Johann ^a   Schmiedek, Peter ^a   Kemmling, Andre ^a   Gerigk, Lars ^a   Groden, Christoph ^a   Horn, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arterial bypass, extracranial intracranial; Bypass failure, early; Recanalization, spontaneous

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; EXTRAINTRACRANIAL ANASTOMOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATIENT SELECTION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33846934963     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097056     Document Type: Article

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