Changes in blood flow of anterior and middle cerebral arteries following carotid endarterectomy: A transcranial Doppler study

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 389-396

  Maltezos, C K ^a   Papanas, N ^b,c   Papas, T T ^a,b   Georgiadis, G S ^b   Dragoumanis, C K ^b   Marakis, J ^a   Maltezos, E ^c   Lazarides, M K ^a,b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Cerebral blood flow; Endarterectomy; Hyperperfusion; TCD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 35348880247     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574407302850     Document Type: Article

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