Clinical and neuroradiological features of internal watershed infarction and the occlusive diseases of carotid artery system

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1090-1096

  Li, Hai Feng ^a   Zhang, Xu ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Pan, Xu Dong ^a   Zhao, Hong Qin ^a   Li, Hong ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotid artery disease; Embolism; Hemodynamic compromise; Internal watershed infarction; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77958195001     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164110X12681290831324     Document Type: Article

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