Transcranial Doppler: Evaluation of Intracranial Occlusive Cerebrovascular Disease: A Methodological Perspective

Seminars in Cerebrovascular Diseases and Stroke

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-105

  Feldmann, Edward ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESTENOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33646347365     PISSN: 15289931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.scds.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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