Should conventional angiography be the gold standard for carotid stenosis?

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 723-728

  Zhang, Wayne W ^a   Harris, Linda M ^b   Dryjski, Maciej L ^b,c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid artery; In vitro model; Rotational angiography; Stenosis; Stenosis measurement

Indexed keywords

SEALANT; SILASTIC;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOLD STANDARD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33845392679     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/06-1921.1     Document Type: Article

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