Is there a role of near-infrared spectroscopy in predicting the outcome of patients with carotid artery occlusion?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 36-39

  Palazzo, Paola ^a   Tibuzzi, Francesco ^b   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^b,c   Altamura, Claudia ^a   Silvestrini, Mauro ^d   Passarelli, Francesco ^b   Rossini, Paolo M ^a,b,c   Vernieri, Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b SAN GIOVANNI CALIBITA FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid artery occlusion; Cerebral hemodynamics; Cerebral vasomotor reactivity; Near infrared spectroscopy; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; STROKE;

EID: 77950070804     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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