Contrast-enhanced MR angiography of the carotid and vertebrobasilar circulations

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2095-2101

  Yang, Carina W ^a   Carr, James C ^a   Futterer, Stephen F ^a   Morasch, Mark D ^a   Yang, Benson P ^a   Shors, Stephanie M ^b   Finn, J Paul ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OCCLUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENOSIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 32944479205     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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