Chronic brain hypoperfusion due to multi-vessel extracranial atherosclerotic disease: A potentially reversible cause of cognitive impairment

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-27

  Safouris, Apostolos ^a   Hambye, Anne Sophie ^a   Sculier, Claudine ^a   Papageorgiou, Sokratis G ^b   Vasdekis, Spyros N ^c   Gazagnes, Marie Dominique ^a   Tsivgoulis, Georgios ^b,d  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carotid stenosis; carotid endarterectomy; chronic brain hypoperfusion; SPECT; subclavian steal; transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908695173     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-141203     Document Type: Article

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