Role of carotid sonography as a first examination in the evaluation of patients with transient ischemic attacks and strokes: Benefit in relation to age

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-69

  Turkenburg, Jeroen L ^a,b   Van Oostayen, Jacques A ^a   Bollen, Ward L E M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Pasteur Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Doppler ultrasonography; Stenoses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0032929233     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199902)27:2<65::AID-JCU3>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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