Asymptomatic and symptomatic carotid stenosis: An obsolete classification?

Stroke Research and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chatzikonstantinou, Anastasios ^a   Wolf, Marc E ^a   Schaefer, Anke ^a   Hennerici, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYTOKINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANEURYSM; ANGIOMA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

EID: 84858247410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20420056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/340798     Document Type: Review

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