Carotid plaque surface irregularity predicts cerebral embolism during carotid artery stenting

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Rosenkranz, Michael ^a   Russjan, Arkadiusz ^a   Goebell, Einar ^a   Havemeister, Stefanie ^a   Thomalla, Götz ^a   Cheng, Bastian ^a   Beck, Christoph ^a   Krützelmann, Anna ^a   Fiehler, Jens ^a   Gerloff, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Carotid artery stenting; Carotid intima media thickness; Carotid plaque; Cerebral embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 79960531177     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328883     Document Type: Article

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