Carotid artery, Doppler studies

Carotid Doppler studies will determine whether the patient has a high degree of stenosis in the carotid arteries supplying blood to the brain (extracranial disease). 

Greil, O., Kleinschmidt, T., Weiss, W., Wolf, O., Heider, R, Schaffner, S., Gianotti, M., Schmid, T., Liepsch, D. Berger, H. (2005) Flow velocities after carotid artery stenting impact of stent design. A fluid dynamics study in a carotid artery model with laser doppler anemometry. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 28, 66. 

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