Thrombus size and doppler embolic signal intensity

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-405

  Martin, Matthew J ^a   Chung, Emma M L ^b   Ramnarine, Kumar V ^a   Goodall, Alison H ^b   Naylor, A Ross ^a,b   Evans, David H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Embolus detection; Micro embolic signals; Thrombus formation; Transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBUS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 69149109879     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235627     Document Type: Article

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