Sixty-four-section CT cerebral perfusion evaluation in patients with carotid artery stenosis before and after stenting with a cerebral protection device

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 919-923

  Gaudiello, F ^a   Colangelo, Vittorio ^a,b   Bolacchi, F ^a   Melis, M ^a   Gandini, R ^a   Garaci, F G ^a   Cozzolino, V ^a   Floris, R ^a   Simonetti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STENT; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43649099244     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0945     Document Type: Conference Paper

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