Gadolinium-enhanced versus time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography: What is the benefit of contrast enhancement in evaluating carotid stenosis?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 823-828

  Muhs, Bart E ^a   Gagne, Paul ^a   Wagener, Jael ^a   Baker, Jessica ^a   Ortega, Marta Ramirez ^b   Adelman, Mark A ^a   Cayne, Neal S ^a   Rockman, Caron B ^a   Maldonado, Thomas ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

AORTA ARCH; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT;

EID: 27644540044     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-005-7974-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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