Carotid Arteriography Impacts Carotid Stenosis Management

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 251-256

  Long, Stewart M ^a   Kern, John A ^a   Fiser, Steven M ^a   Kaza, Aditya K ^a   Cassada, David C ^a   Miller, Brian T ^a   Claridge, Jeffrey A ^a   Kron, Irving L ^b   Tribble, Curtis G ^b  

^a University of Virginia Health System ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0034947562     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440103500402     Document Type: Article

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