Positional Symptomatic Occlusion of the Internal Carotid Artery: Evaluation and Surgical Management

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 293-296

  Agarwal, Deepti ^b   Rezak, Kristen ^b   Hines, George L ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS;

EID: 40749158277     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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