Color doppler sonographic evaluation of flow volume of the internal carotid and vertebral arteries after carotid endarterectomy

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 238-243

  Mitrasinovic, Anka ^a   Radak, Sandra ^a   Kolar, Jovo ^a   Aleksic, Nikola ^a   Otasevic, Petar ^a   Popovic, Mirjana ^b   Radak, Djordje ^a  

^a Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Dedinje   (Serbia)

^b Advanced School of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Blood flow volume; Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; Doppler ultrasonography; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77952688101     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20670     Document Type: Article

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