Irradiation-induced carotid artery stenosis: A preventable complication of neck radiotherapy?

Angiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-275

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Giannoukas, Athanassios D ^b   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^c  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK CANCER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67849090612     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319709336419     Document Type: Editorial

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