Neurosonology

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-108

  Garami, Zsolt ^a   Alexandrov, Andrei V ^b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid stenting; Embolus detection; Intracranial stenosis; Power M mode doppler; Sonothrombolysis; Subclavian steal; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL STENOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENOSIS; STENT; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 56849102237     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2008.09.010     Document Type: Review

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