Carotid Endarterectomy versus Carotid Artery Stenting Findings in Regard to Neuroclinical Outcomes and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging
Articles > Article · 2008
Authors: Hakan POSACIOĞLU, Çağatay ENGİN, CELAL Cinar, Anil Z. Apaydin, İsmail ORAN, Mustafa PARILDAR, Cem Calli, Emrah OĞUZ, Ahmet Memis
TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2008, vol 35, pp 395-401
Summary
The purpose of our study was to evaluate prospectively the frequency and significance of brain lesions after elective carotid endarterectomy (CAE) and carotid artery stenting (CAS) by using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW MRI) and then to correlate imaging findings with neuroclinical outcomes.