CT angiography and diffusion-perfusion MR imaging in a patient with ipsilateral reversible cerebral vasoconstriction after carotid endarterectomy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 920-922

  Rosenbloom, M H ^a   Singhal, Aneesh B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME;

CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 34248643750     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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