Sonographic evaluation of carotid artery atherosclerosis in the elderly: Relationship of disease severity to stroke and transient ischemic attack

Radiology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 363-370

  Polak, Joseph F ^a   O'Leary, Daniel H ^b   Kronmal, Richard A ^c   Wolfson, Sidney K ^d   Bond, M Gene ^e   Tracy, Russell P ^f   Gardin, Julius M ^g   Kittner, Steven J ^h   Price, Thomas R ^h   Savage, Peter J ⁱ  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries, stenosis or obstruction, 172.721; Carotid arteries, US, 172.12981, 172.12983

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027259459     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.188.2.8327679     Document Type: Review

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