Brain injury after carotid revascularization: Outcomes, mechanisms, and opportunities for improvement

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 270-286

  Goldberg, Joshua B ^a   Goodney, Philip P ^b   Kumbhani, Sheba R ^a   Roth, Robert M ^a   Powell, Richard J ^b   Likosky, Donald S ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

BRAIN INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY; BRAIN INJURIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; STENTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951508240     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2010.07.013     Document Type: Review

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