Duplex ultrasonography is an efficient diagnostic tool for the detection of moderate to severe internal carotid artery stenosis

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 144-147

  Nowak, Jacek ^a   Jogestrand, Tomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid surgery; Doppler; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 34247228145     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2007.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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