Reliability of extracranial carotid artery duplex ultrasound scanning: Value of vascular laboratory accreditation

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 366-371

  Brown, O William ^a   Bendick, Phillip J ^a   Bove, Paul G ^a   Long, Graham W ^a   Cornelius, Patricia ^a   Zelenock, Gerald B ^a   Shanley, Charles J ^a   Ascher, Enrico ^b   Zierler, R Eugene ^b   Nazzal, Munier ^b   Reddy, Daniel J ^b   Moneta, Gregory L ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b William Beaumont Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 10744222735     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2003.08.018     Document Type: Article

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