Who should be screened for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis? Experience from the Western New York Stroke Screening Program

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-111

  Qureshi, Adnan I ^a,c   Janardhan, Vallabh ^a   Bennett, Susan E ^b   Luft, Andreas R ^a   Hopkins, L Nelson ^a   Guterman, Lee R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Cigarette smoking; Doppler ultrasound; Hypertension; Prevalence; Receiver operating characteristic analysis; Risk factors; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035716323     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00019.x     Document Type: Article

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