Endarterectomy for mild cervical carotid artery stenosis in patients with ischemic stroke events refractory to medical treatment - Two case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 211-215

  Kobayashi, Masakazu ^a   Ogasawara, Kuniaki ^a   Inoue, Takashi ^a   Saito, Hideo ^a   Suga, Yasunori ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Carotid endarterectomy; Stroke recurrence

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MICROSCOPE; MONITORING; SKIN INCISION; THERAPY EFFECT; ULCER;

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

EID: 44349185608     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.211     Document Type: Article

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