Improvement of exhausted cerebral vasoreactivity in carotid occlusion: Benefit of statins?

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 791-794

  Reinhard, Matthias ^a   Guschlbauer, Brigitte ^a   Olschewski, Manfred ^a   Weiller, Cornelius ^a   Hetzel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular reactivity; Internal carotid artery occlusion; Statin

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUINDOSTATIN; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBRAL VASOREACTIVITY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COHORT STUDIES; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 79959986973     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5840-9     Document Type: Article

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