Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies prior to carotid endarterectomy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 506-515

  U King Im, Jean Marie ^a   Hollingworth, William ^b   Trivedi, Rikin A ^a   Cross, Justin J ^a   Higgins, Nicholas J ^a   Graves, Martin J ^a   Gutnikov, Sergei ^c   Kirkpatrick, Peter J ^a   Warburton, Elizabeth A ^a   Antoun, Nagui M ^a   Rothwell, Peter M ^c   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MODEL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 25444432535     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20591     Document Type: Article

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