Embolic stroke after carotid stenting: Microscopic computed tomography analysis of en bloc surgical specimen demonstrating ulceration

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1661-1663

  Ball, Timothy C ^a   Foerst, Jason R ^a   Vorpahl, Marc ^b   Powell, Richard J ^a   Virmani, Renu ^b   Kaplan, Aaron V ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; LISINOPRIL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULCER;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STENTS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950922356     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181dabbac     Document Type: Article

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