Grading of internal carotid artery stenosis: Comparative analysis of different flow velocity criteria and multidetector computed tomographic angiography

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-189

  Bucek, Robert A ^a   Puchner, Stefan ^a   Haumer, Markus ^a   Rand, Thomas ^a   Sabeti, Schila ^a   Minar, Erich ^a   Lammer, Johannes ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasound; Computed tomographic angiography; Internal carotid artery; Multidetector CT; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANGIOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33750137187     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/05-1768R.1     Document Type: Article

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