Guidelines for screening of extracranial carotid artery disease: A statement for healthcare professionals from the Multidisciplinary Practice Guidelines Committee of the American Society of Neuroimaging; cosponsored by the society of vascular and interventional neurology

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-47

  Qureshi, Adnan I ^a   Alexandrov, Andrei V ^b   Tegeler, Charles H ^c   Hobson II, Robert W ^d   Dennis Baker, J ^e   Hopkins, L Nelson ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Carotid stenosis; Doppler; Guidelines; Imaging; Screening; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICIPATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROIMAGING; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RESTENOSIS; RETINA ISCHEMIA; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT; SURGICAL RISK; SYNCOPE; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TINNITUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERTIGO;

CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846133733     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2006.00085.x     Document Type: Review

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