Value of a contrast agent in equivocal carotid ultrasound studies: Pictorial essay

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-260

  Holden, Andrew ^a   Hope, John Ker Ayton ^a   Osborne, Mark ^a   Moriarty, Maurice ^a   Lee, Kevin ^a   Holden, Ah ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carotid; Contrast; Doppler; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0033836636     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2000.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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