Training, competency, and credentialing standards for diagnostic cervicocerebral angiograpny, carotid stenting, and cerebrovascular intervention: A Joint Statement from the American Academy of Neurology, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, and the Society of Interventional Radiology

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 190-198

  Connors III, John J ^a   Sacks, David ^a   Furlan, Anthony J ^b   Selman, Warren R ^b   Russell, Eric J ^b   Stieg, Philip E ^b   Hadley, Mark N ^b  

^a BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID SRTERY STENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; CERVICOCEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT;

EID: 12744269888     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000148958.34025.09     Document Type: Review

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