Is carotid angiography necessary? Editors disagree

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1819-

  Davis, Stephen M ^a   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carotid angiography; Ultrasonography, Doppler, transcranial

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0038168322     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000079177.88419.34     Document Type: Short Survey

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