Carotid stenting and transcranial doppler monitoring: Indications for carotid stenosis treatment

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 535-538

  Gattuso, Roberto ^a   Martinelli, Ombretta ^a   Alunno, Alessia ^a   D'Angeli, Ilaria ^a   Felli, Marco ^a   Castiglione, Anna ^a   Izzo, Luciano ^a   Gossetti, Bruno ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

angiography; carotid artery; imaging; stenting; transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROEMBOLISM; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ITALY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 77956931669     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574410375313     Document Type: Article

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