How good is intercenter agreement in the identification of embolic signals in carotid artery disease?

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1249-1252

  Markus, Hugh ^a,d   Bland, J Martin ^b   Rose, Georg ^c   Sitzer, Matthias ^c   Siebler, Mario ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carotid artery diseases; cerebral embolism; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0029900882     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.7.1249     Document Type: Article

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