Carotid artery stenosis: External validity of the North American symptomatic carotid endarterectomy trial measurement method

Radiology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 229-233

  Eliasziw, Michael ^a,b   Fox, Allan J ^a   Sharpe, Brenda L ^a,b   Barnett, Henry J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries, angiography; Carotid arteries, stenosis or obstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

EID: 0030998252     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.204.1.9205252     Document Type: Article

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