Extracranial-intracranial bypass in atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease: Report of a single centre experience

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-362

  Muroi, Carl ^a,b   Khan, Nadia ^c   Bellut, David ^a   Fujioka, Masayuki ^a,b,d   Yonekawa, Yasuhiro ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Saiseikai Ibaraki Hospital   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

carotid occlusion; EC IC bypass; H2 15O PET; haemodynamic compromise; stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DEUTERIUM; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; OXYGEN 15; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRAINTRACRANIAL ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957608971     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2010.551673     Document Type: Article

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