Spontaneous cerebral embolisation in asymptomatic and recently symptomatic patients with TIA/minor stroke

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 720-725

  Salem, M K ^a   Butt, H Z ^a   Watts, A P W ^a   Sayers, R D ^a   Bown, M J ^a   Naylor, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; Microemboli; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 79955958744     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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