Diagnostic workup in carotid stenosis - A neurologist's perspective

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 619-628

  Rosenkranz, Michael ^a   Gerloff, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Carotid stenting; Endarterectomy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; AGE; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT SELECTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955578581     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0692-7     Document Type: Review

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