Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography of carotid arteries: Utility in routine clinical practice

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2834-2838

  Johnston, Dean C C ^a,e   Eastwood, James D ^b   Nguyen, Thanh ^b   Goldstein, Larry B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Diagnosis; Evaluation studies; Magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM CHELATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CATHETERIZATION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0036903591     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000043632.51378.24     Document Type: Article

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