Duplex ultrasonography and selection of patients for carotid endarterectomy: Plaque morphology or luminal narrowing?

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 558-562

  Leahy, A L ^a   McCollum, P T ^a   Feeley, T M ^a   Sugrue, M ^a   Grouden, M C ^a   O'Connell, D J ^b   Moore, D J ^a   Shanik, G D ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0024235259     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0741-5214(88)90305-9     Document Type: Article

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