Duplex scanning criteria for selection of patients for internal carotid artery endarterectomy

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-40

  Engelhardt, Michael ^a   Bruijnen, H ^a   Schnur, C ^a   Pfadenhauer, K ^a   Bohndorf, K ^a   Wolfe K D ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid endarterectomy; Duplex scanning; End diastolic velocity; Internal carotid artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 14644427196     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.34.1.36     Document Type: Article

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