Review article: The role of hypotension in perioperative stroke

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-167

  Bijker, Jilles B ^a,b   Gelb, Adrian W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY MALFORMATION; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIOPERATIVE STROKE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE STROKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878436718     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-012-9857-7     Document Type: Review

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