Diagnostic evaluation of carotid artery stenoses with multislice CT angiography. Review of the literature and results of a pilot study;Diagnostik von karotisstenosen mit der mehrzeiligen CT-angiographie: Übersicht über die literatur und ergebnisse einer pilotstudie

Radiologe

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 960-966

  Ertl Wagner, B ^a   Bruning R ^a   Hoffmann, R T ^a   Meimarakis, G ^a   Reiser, M F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; CT angiography; Multislice CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PILOT STUDY; REVIEW; SKULL;

AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 11244323833     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00117-004-1108-7     Document Type: Review

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