Is the percentage of stenosis of the internal carotid artery a reliable measure of the risk of ischemic storke? A morphometric study by duplex ultrasound of aortic arch branches in 500 normal adults

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-76

  Macchi, C ^a   Molino Lova, R ^a   Miniati, B ^a   Gulisano, M ^a   Pratesi, C ^a   Conti, A A ^a   Gensini, G F ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brain ischemia; Carotid stenosis, diagnosis; Carotid stenosis, etiology; Carotid stenosis, surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0036207144     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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