Detection of vertebrobasilar intracranial stenoses: Transcranial doppler sonography versus angiography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-218

  De Bray, Jean Michel ^a   Missoum, Alain ^a   Dubas, Frederic ^a   Emile, Jean ^a   Lhoste, Philippe ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Angiography; Intracranial stenosis; Transcranial Doppler sonography; Vertebrobasilar arteries

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; VERTEBROBASILAR ARTERIES; VERTEBROBASILAR INTRACRANIAL STENOSES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VERTEBRAL ARTERIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031103863     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.3.213     Document Type: Article

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