Cervical artery dissection: Improved diagnosis by B-Flow ultrasound

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-153

  Clevert, D A ^a   Jung, E M ^b   Johnson, T ^a   Kubale, R ^c   Rupp, N ^b   Schoenberg, S O ^a   Reiser, M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Diagnostic Radiology   (Germany)

^c Institute of Radiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

B Flow imaging; Carotid artery; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 33847272622     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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