Is carotid duplex scanning sufficient as the sole investigation prior to carotid endarterectomy?

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 935, 2005, Pages 1034-1037

  Collins, P ^a   McKay, I ^a   Rajagoplan, S ^a   Bachoo, P ^a   Robb, O ^a   Brittenden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 28044444341     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/22941655     Document Type: Article

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