The Role of Transcranial Doppler Embolic Monitoring in the Management of Intracranial Arterial Stenosis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sebastian, Joseph ^a   Derksen, Carol ^a   Khan, Khurshid ^a   Saqqur, Maher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intracranial stenosis; Therapy; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL STENOSIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ASPIRIN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PYRROLES; TICLOPIDINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953065274     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2009.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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