Transoral carotid ultrasonography as a diagnostic aid in patients with severe carotid stenosis

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 106-110

  Kishikawa, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Kamouchi, Masahiro ^a,b   Okada, Yasushi ^a   Inoue, Tooru ^a   Ibayashi, Setsuro ^b   Iida, Mitsuo ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Carotid endarterectomy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSORAL CAROTID ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 1942435377     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075777     Document Type: Article

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