Validity of duplex ultrasound as a diagnostic modality for internal carotid artery disease

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-15

  New, Gishel ^a   Roubin, Gary S ^a   Oetgen, Matthew E ^a   Lawrence, Emily J ^a   Iyer, Sriram S ^a   Moussa, Issam ^a   Vitek, Jiri J ^a   Moses, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenting; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0035157220     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-726X(200101)52:1<9::AID-CCD1004>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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