Are we undertreating carotid stenoses diagnosed by ultrasound alone?

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-151

  Sprouse II, L Richard ^a,b   Meier, George H ^a,b   Parent, F Noel ^a,b   DeMasi, Richard J ^a,b   LeSar, Christopher J ^a,b   Nelms, Courtney ^a,b   Carter, Kathleen ^a,b   Marcinczyk, Michael J ^a,b   Gayle, Robert G ^a,b   Mendoza, Bernardo ^a,b  

^a Vascular and Transplant Specialists ^*

^b University of TN at Chattanooga   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; APPARATUS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID BODY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 20144388126     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900203     Document Type: Article

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