Influence of the angiographic internal carotid artery stenosis assessment method on indicating carotid surgery

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-28

  Muller M ^a   Bartylla, K ^a   Rolshausen, A ^a   Piepgras, U ^a   Schimrigk, K ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid artery; Cerebrovascular disorders; Disease; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0031907708     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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