Evaluation of vertebral artery hypoplasia and asymmetry by color-coded duplex ultrasonography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 605-609

  Jeng, Jiann Shing ^a   Yip, Ping Keung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Color Doppler ultrasonography; Hypoplasia; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASE CONTROL; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICINE; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY (CDU); VERTEBRAL ARTERY (VA);

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY HYPOPLASIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 2942596166     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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