Outcome, observer reliability, and patient preferences if CTA, MRA, or Doppler ultrasound were used, individually or together, instead of digital subtraction angiography before carotid endarterectomy

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-28

  Patel, S G ^a   Collie, D A ^a   Wardlaw, J M ^a   Lewis, S C ^a   Wright, A R ^b   Gibson, R J ^a   Sellar, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0036293923     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.73.1.21     Document Type: Article

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