Pulsatile tinnitus from reversal of flow in an aberrant occipital artery: Resolved after carotid artery stenting

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 995-997

  Cowley, Peter O ^a,b   Jones, R ^a   Tuch, P ^a   McAuliffe, W ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

ABERRANT OCCIPITAL ARTERY; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW REVERSAL; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW; NECK; STENT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TINNITUS;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TINNITUS;

EID: 65949085815     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1393     Document Type: Article

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