Imaging findings and referral outcomes of rapid assessment stroke clinics

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1076-1082

  Widjaja, Elysa ^a   Manuel, D ^a   Hodgson, T J ^a   Connolly, D J A ^a   Coley, S C ^a   Romanowski, C A J ^a   Gaines, P ^a   Cleveland, T ^a   Thomas, S ^a   Griffiths, P D ^b   Doyle, C ^a   Venables, G S ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; CT scan; Duplex sonography; Stroke; TIA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; OCULAR ISCHEMIC SYNDROME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 25444479788     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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