Long-term follow-up of patients with asymptomatic occlusion of the internal carotid artery with good and impaired cerebral vasomotor reactivity

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1285-1290

  Kimiagar, I ^a   Bass, A ^a   Rabey, J M ^a   Bornstein, N M ^b   Gur, A Y ^b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

carotid artery occlusion; cerebral hemodynamics; Doppler ultrasonography; ischaemic stroke; transcranial Doppler ultrasonography; vasomotor reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL VASOMOTOR REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TIME;

EID: 77956635671     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03008.x     Document Type: Article

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