Duplex ultrasound and magnetic resonance angiography compared with digital subtraction angiography in carotid artery stenosis: A systematic review

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1324-1331

  Nederkoorn, Paul J ^a   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^a   Hunink, M G Myriam ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Magnetic resonance angiography; Meta analysis; Ultrasonography, Doppler, duplex

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0038304334     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000068367.08991.A2     Document Type: Review

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