Interobserver agreement for 10% categories of angiographic carotid stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2483-2485

  Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   Van Kooten, Fop ^b   Bakker, Stef L M ^b   Koudstaal, Peter J ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angiography, digital subtraction; Carotid stenosis; Observer variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031453562     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.12.2483     Document Type: Article

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