Role of arteriography in the selection of patients for carotid endarterectomy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 768-770

  Bain, D J ^a   Fergie, N ^a   Quin, R O ^a   Greene, M ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0031810378     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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