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Ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization: efficacy of simultaneous perioperative ultrasonographic scanning for the presence of carotid plaques in the prevention of the perioperative development of ischemic stroke

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital, 1-172 Hokke, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, 454-0933, Japan

    Yusuke Asakura

  2. Department of Physiological Laboratory, Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

    Yuka Nakamichi, Kikuko Mori & Koichi Ibuki

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

    Hirotake Kasuga & Hiroshi Hori

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Asakura, Y., Nakamichi, Y., Mori, K. et al. Ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization: efficacy of simultaneous perioperative ultrasonographic scanning for the presence of carotid plaques in the prevention of the perioperative development of ischemic stroke. J Anesth 26, 621–622 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-012-1359-9

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