Gender Differences in Blood Flow Velocities after Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 576-579

  Timaran, Carlos H ^a   Berdejo, George L ^b   Ohki, Takao ^b   Timaran, David E ^c   Veith, Frank J ^b   Rosero, Eric B ^a   Modrall, J Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c San Martin University   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STENTS; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 34548358940     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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