Transcervical carotid artery stenting with flow reversal eliminates emboli during stenting: Why does it work and what are the advantages with this approach

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 745-749

  Flores, A ^a   Doblas, M ^b   Criado, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid; Carotid arteries; Doppler; Endarterectomy; Transcranial; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTERY EMBOLISM; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BLOOD FILTER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CAROTID ARTERY EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID FLOW REVERSAL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; STENT;

ANGIOPLASTY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID STENOSIS; EMBOLISM; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NECK; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 76349094914     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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