Comparison between intracranial collaterals and cerebral hemodynamics in patients with extracranial carotid stenosis versus combined extra- and intracranial stenosis using transcranial duplex

Abstract Background In acute ischemic stroke, collateral circulation plays an important role in maintaining blood flow to the tissue that is at risk of progressing into ischemia, and in increasing the successful recanalization rate without hemorrhagic transformation. Objectives To compare between co...

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Main Authors: Sara Hamdy, Hani Mohamed Amin Aref, Ramez Reda, Ahmed ElSadek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-02-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41983-019-0061-3