Optimal peak systolic velocity threshold at duplex US for determining the need for carotid endarterectomy: A decision analytic approach

Radiology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 480-488

  Heijenbrok Kal, Majanka H ^a   Buskens, Erik ^c   Nederkoorn, Paul J ^b   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^c   Hunink, M G Myriam ^a,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 31144456928     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2381041078     Document Type: Article

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