Carotid Endarterectomy for Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease Demonstrated by Duplex Ultrasound with Minimal Arteriographic Findings

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 385-389

  AbuRahma, Ali F ^a,b   White III, John F ^a   Boland, James P ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0030179794     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02286785     Document Type: Article

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