Internal carotid artery stenosis: Natural history and management

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 518-527

  Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a   Tallarita, Tiziano ^a   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; carotid artery stenting; carotid endarterectomy; cerebral stroke; transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ANGIOPLASTY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMANS; STENTS; STROKE;

EID: 78650982072     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1268864     Document Type: Article

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