Direct and primary carotid endarterectomy for common carotid artery occlusion. Report of 2 cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 620-626

  Inoue, Tomohiro ^a   Tsutsumi, Kazuo ^a   Adachi, Shinobu ^a   Tanaka, Shota ^a   Kunii, Naoto ^a   Indo, Masahiro ^a  

^a Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Common carotid artery occlusion; Ischemic cerebrovascular disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOTOMY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 43449131826     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.01.034     Document Type: Article

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