Is ultrasound examination sufficient in the evaluation of patients with internal carotid artery severe stenosis or occlusion?

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-176

  Paciaroni, Maurizio ^a   Caso, Valeria ^a   Cardaioli, Gabriela ^a   Corea, Francesco ^a   Milia, Paolo ^a   Venti, Michele ^a   Hamam, Mohammed ^b   Pelliccioli, Gian Piero ^b   Parnetti, Lucilla ^a   Gallai, Virgilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Perugia General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital angiography; Severe carotid stenosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037229997     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068832     Document Type: Article

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