The role of willis circle variations during unilateral selective cerebral perfusion: A study of 500 circles

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 743-753

  Papantchev, Vassil ^a   Stoinova, Vesela ^a   Aleksandrov, Alexander ^b   Todorova Papantcheva, Daniela ^c   Hristov, Stanislav ^b   Petkov, Dimitar ^a   Nachev, Gencho ^a   Ovtscharoff, Wladimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Aortic surgery; Cerebral protection; Stroke; Variations; Willis circle

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNILATERAL SELECTIVE CEREBRAL PERFUSION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AORTIC SURGERY; CEREBRAL PROTECTION; STROKE; VARIATIONS; WILLIS CIRCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPERFUSION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896962015     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt103     Document Type: Article

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