Preoperative imaging of the carotid bifurcation. Current trends

International Angiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Athanasoulis, C A ^a   Plomaritoglou, A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries, angiography; Carotid arteries, radiography; Carotid stenosis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0034067273     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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