Differences in number, size and location of intracranial microembolic lesions after surgical versus endovascular treatment without protection device of carotid artery stenosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1198-1203

  Poppert, Holger ^a   Wolf, Oliver ^a   Resch, Markus ^a   Theiss, Wolfram ^a   Schmidt Thieme, Till ^a   Von Einsiedel, Helga Graefin ^a   Heider, Peter ^a   Martinoff, Stefan ^b   Sander, Dirk ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Balloon; Carotid; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Doppler; Endarterectomy; Intracranial embolism; Transcranial; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 8744299150     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0502-4     Document Type: Article

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