Accuracy of Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography in Predicting Angiographic Stenosis of the Internal Carotid Artery: Linear Regression Analysis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1747-1756

  Hathout, Gasser M ^a,b,c   Duh, Michael J ^b   El Saden, Suzie M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0142135932     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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