Anatomically specific clinical examination of the carotid arterial tree

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-23

  Ashrafian, Hutan ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Artery; Carotid; Clinical; Examination; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 33846926542     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-073X.2006.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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