Extracranial-intracranial bypass for stroke - Is this the end of the line or a bump in the road?

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 557-561

  Amin Hanjani, Sepideh ^a   Barker, Fred G ^b   Charbel, Fady T ^b   Connolly, E Sander ^b   Morcos, Jacques J ^b   Thompson, B Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carotid occlusion; Extracranial intracranial bypass; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; EXTRAINTRACRANIAL ANASTOMOSIS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84865757977     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182621488     Document Type: Article

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