The clinical value of methods to measure carotid stenosis

International Angiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 295-299

  Bladin, Ch F ^a,c   Alexandrova, N A ^a   Murphy, J ^b   Alexandrov, A V ^a   Maggisano, R ^a   Morris, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030423587     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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