A case of bilateral common carotid artery dissections due to localized dissection of the aortic arch

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-391

  Hiraishi, Tetsuya ^a   Motoyama, Hiroshi ^b   Abe, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tachikawa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Cerebral infarction; Common carotid artery dissection

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; NORPHENAZONE;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 64849111213     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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