Floating carotid thrombus treated by intravenous heparin and endarterectomy

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 489-491

  Sallustio, Fabrizio ^a,b   Di Legge, Silvia ^a,b   Marziali, Simone ^a   Ippoliti, Arnaldo ^a   Stanzione, Paolo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251594596     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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