Cerebral angiography practices at US teaching hospitals: Implications for carotid endarterectomy

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1895-1897

  Chaturvedi, Seemant ^a,b   Policherla, Prasad N ^a   Femino, Lorraine ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; Cerebral angiography

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0030667677     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.10.1895     Document Type: Article

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