Early spontaneous recanalization following acute carotid occlusion

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-153

  Szabo, Kristina ^a   Kern, Rolf ^a   Gass, Achim ^a   Griebe, Martin ^a   Lanczik, Oliver ^a   Daffertshofer, Michael ^a   Hennerici, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internal carotid artery; Occlusion; Recanalization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECANALIZATION; REMISSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 41549114631     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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