Association of neutrophil count with microembolization in patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 519-523

  Nasr, Nathalie ^a,b   Ruidavets, Jean Bernard ^b   Arnal, Jean François ^b,c,d   Sie, Pierre ^a,b   Larrue, Vincent ^a,b,c  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Doppler ultrasound; Embolism and thrombosis; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID STENOSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 70549087758     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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