Duplex Ultrasonography to Predict Internal Carotid Artery Stenoses Exceeding 50% and 70% as Defined by NASCET: The Need for Multiple Criteria

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 497-506

  Kreske, Edward D ^a   Wolk, Seth W ^a,d   Shanley, Charles J ^a   Lampman, Richard M ^a   Knake, James E ^b   Lange, Leslie A ^c   Erlandson, Errol E ^a   Whitehouse, Walter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Michigan Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION;

EID: 0032844670     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857449903300508     Document Type: Article

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