Improvement in accuracy of diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis with duplex ultrasound scanning with combined use of linear array 7.5 MHz and convex array 3.5 MHz probes: Validation versus 489 arteriographic procedures

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1240-1247

  Leonardo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Crescenzi, Basilio ^a,b   Cotrufo, Roberto ^a,b   Tecame, Salvatore ^a,c   De Santo, Luca S ^a,b   Della Corte, Alessandro ^a,b   Fratta, Mario ^a,b   Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a,b,d  

^a Monaldi Hospital ^*

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0038748273     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(02)75138-0     Document Type: Article

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