Color-Doppler sonography vs CT-angiography in discriminating carotid atherosclerotic plaques for surgical treatment. A prospective study;Eco color-Doppler vs angio-TC nella selezione delle placche aterosclerotiche carotidee da trattare chirurgicamente. Studio prospettico

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 382-390

  Vit, Alessandro ^a,b   De Candia, Alessandro ^a   Piccoli, Gianluca ^a   Como, Giuseppe ^a   Pelizzo, Francesco ^a   Bazzocchi, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries diseases; Carotid arteries, angio CT; Carotid arteries, Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0345169805     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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