Improved cerebral vasoreactivity following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with stenting of high-grade internal carotid artery stenosis

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 555-560

  Brčić, Iva ^a   Horner, Susanna ^a   Thaler, Daniela ^a   Demarin, Vida ^b   Klein, Günther Erich ^a   Niederkorn, Kurt ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenting; Carotid stenosis; Transcranial Doppler sonography; Vasomotor reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 45549106635     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000132201     Document Type: Article

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