Unexpected preserved brain perfusion imaging despite severe and diffuse atherosclerosis of supra-aortic trunks

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Gargiulo, Giuseppe ^a   Tortora, Fabio ^b   Cirillo, Mario ^b   Perrino, Cinzia ^a   Schiattarella, Gabriele Giacomo ^a   Trimarco, Bruno ^a   Esposito, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brain perfusion; Imaging; Supra aortic trunks

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BISOPROLOL; CLOPIDOGREL; RAMIPRIL; ROSUVASTATIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA; ARM; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCINTIGRAPHY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; SUPRAAORTIC TRUNK; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84878258551     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2013-009     Document Type: Article

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