Esvs guidelines: Section b - diagnosis and investigation of patients with carotid stenosis

Current Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 682-691

  Liapis, Christos D ^a   Bell, Sir Peter F ^b   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^c   Sivenius, Juhani ^d   Nicolaides, Andrew ^e   Fernandes, Jose Fernandese ^f   Biasi, Giorgio ^g   Norgren, Lars ^h   Avgerinos, Efthimios D ⁱ   Becker, Francis ⁱ   Benedetti Valentini, Fabrizio ⁱ   Bequemin, Jean Pierre ⁱ   Diener, Hans Christof ⁱ   Froio, Alberto ⁱ   Gaines, Peter A ⁱ   Gensini, Gianfranco ⁱ   Gerotziafas, Grigoris ⁱ   Griffin, Maura ⁱ   Hacke, Weyner ⁱ   Heikkinen, Maarit A ⁱ   Norrving, Bo ⁱ   Powell, Janet ⁱ   Kakisis, John ⁱ   Karkos, Christos ⁱ   Konstantinidis, Konstantinos ⁱ   Kotsis, Thomas ⁱ   Lavitrano, Marialuisa ⁱ   Mätzsch, Thomas ⁱ   Parsson, Hakan ⁱ   Mendes Pedro, Luis ⁱ   Salenius, Juha Pekka ⁱ   Schachter, Michael ⁱ   Sillesen, Henrik ⁱ   Thomas, Dafydd J ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^g SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Antiplatelet agents; Carotid artery stenosis; diagnosis; Hypertension; Risk factors; Statins

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE ASYMMETRY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MONITORING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; ULCER; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAT EMBOLISM; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM, FAT; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 80053505538     PISSN: 15701611     EISSN: 18756212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016110792006888     Document Type: Article

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