Magnetic resonance angiography minimizes need for arteriography after inadequate carotid duplex ultrasound scanning

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 422-430

  Back, Martin R ^a,b   Rogers, G Aaron ^a   Wilson, Jeffrey S ^a   Johnson, Brad L ^a   Shames, Murray L ^a   Bandyk, Dennis F ^a   Aburahma, Ali F ^a  

^a HMT #650 ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTENOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0141612864     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00794-8     Document Type: Article

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