Cerebral embolization in patients undergoing protected carotid-artery stenting and carotid surgery

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 683-688

  Faraglia, Vittorio ^a   Palombo, G ^a   Stella, N ^a   Taurino, M ^a   Iocca, M L ^a   Romano, A ^a   Bozzao, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Carotid stenosis; Endarterectomy, carotid; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stents; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; STENT; THROMBOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STENTS;

EID: 37249027299     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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