Can carotid angiography be performed by vascular surgeons? A critical evaluation of indications, technique, and results

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 710-713

  Sullivan, Timothy M ^a,b   Patel, Ajay ^a   Lanan III, Eugene M ^a   Gray, Bruce H ^a   Mackrell, Peter J ^a   Taylor, Spence M ^a   Carsten, Christopher G ^a   Cull, David L ^a   Snyder, Bruce A ^a   Miskulin, Joseph ^a   Youkey, Jerry ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEATH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SAFETY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR SURGERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 19944428842     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-004-0121-7     Document Type: Article

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