Consistency of Doppler parameters in predicting arteriographically confirmed carotid stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 343-347

  Schwartz, Skai W ^a   Chambless, Lloyd E ^b   Baker, William H ^c   Broderick, Joseph P ^f   Howard, George ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Stroke Center   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

angiography; carotid stenosis; Doppler; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031017932     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.2.343     Document Type: Article

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