Open AccessCourse of cerebrovascular reactivity in patients with carotid artery occlusions.
Author(s) -
Bernhard Widder,
B. Kleiser,
Hilmar Krapf
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.25.10.1963
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodynamics , stenosis , carotid endarterectomy , transcranial doppler , cardiology , stroke (engine) , internal carotid artery , middle cerebral artery , carotid artery disease , endarterectomy , ischemia , mechanical engineering , engineering
Patients with internal carotid artery occlusions and highly impaired cerebrovascular reactivity have been identified as having an increased risk of stroke. It is still unclear, however, whether cerebral hemodynamics may be restored in the course of time by the development of collaterals.
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