The value of internal carotid systolic velocity ratio for assessing carotid artery stenosis with Doppler sonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 207-212

  Soulez, Gilles ^a   Therasse, Eric ^a   Robillard, Pierre ^a   Fontaine, André ^a   Denbow, Neil ^a   Bourgouin, Pierre ^a   Oliva, Vincent L ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0032959127     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.1.9888769     Document Type: Article

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