Clinical and electroencephalographic features of carotid sinus syncope induced by internal carotid artery angioplasty

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-272

  Martinez Fernandez, Eva ^a,b   Boza Garcia F ^a   Gonzalez Marcos, J R ^a   Gil Peralta, A ^a   Gonzalez Garcia, A ^a   Mayol Deya, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CAROTID SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; SEIZURE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39649118020     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0823     Document Type: Article

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