Noninvasive imaging of carotid artery disease: Critically appraised topic

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-123

  Jenkins, Richard H ^a   Mahal, Ravinder ^a   MacEneaney, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0038205729     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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