Embolization during carotid angioplasty and stenting: What is the optimal method for detecting embolic debris and its sequelae?

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-269

  DeRubertis, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stent; Diffusion weighted MRI; Embolic debris; Endarterectomy; Indications; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PROTECTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTROSCOPY; STENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EMBOLISM; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FILTRATION; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 54249090690     PISSN: 15310035     EISSN: 15310027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1531003508323729     Document Type: Article

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