Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-151

  Mokin, Maxim ^a   Dumont, Travis M ^a   Kass Hout, Tareq ^b   Levy, Elad I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Carotid artery stenting; Carotid endarterectomy; Stroke; Vertebral artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY DISSECTION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY STENT; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SURGICAL RISK; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIPIDS; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; STROKE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84873577155     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: 1558299X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2012.11.006     Document Type: Review

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