Correlation of neurological symptoms and breath holding index values in patients with severe internal carotid stenosis

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 315-318

  Zavoreo, Iris ^a   Aleksić Shibabi, Anka ^b   Demarin, Vida ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b Sibenik General Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Carotid artery diseases diagnosis; Carotid stenosis ultrasonography; Cerebral arteries physiopathology; Ultrasonography, Doppler, transcranial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREATH HOLDING; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUNCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 33847776228     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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