Asymptomatic carotid stenosis: The not-so-silent disease: Changing perspectives from thromboembolism to cognition

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 2510-2513

  Siddiqui, Adnan H ^a,b   Hopkins, L Nelson ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b GATES VASCULAR INSTITUTE AT KALEIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^c JACOBS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain perfusion; carotid stenosis; carotid stenting; neurocognitive function

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MENTAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84879204977     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.087     Document Type: Editorial

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