Angiographic correlation of CT calcification in the carotid siphon

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 495-499

  Woodcock Jr , Richard J ^a,c   Goldstein, Jonas H ^a   Kallmes, David F ^a   Cloft, Harry J ^b   Phillips, C Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0343953038     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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