Assessment of stenosis: Implications of variability of Doppler measurements in normal-appearing carotid arteries

Radiology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 493-498

  Lee, Vivian S ^a,b   Hertzberg, Barbara S ^a   Kliewer, Mark A ^a   Carroll, Barbara A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries, flow dynamics; Carotid arteries, stenosis or obstruction; Carotid arteries, US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032789899     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.212.2.r99jl22493     Document Type: Article

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