Comparison of carotid Doppler ultrasound and computerised tomographic angiography in the evaluation of carotid artery stenosis

Surgeon

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 132-136

  Titi, Mohammad A ^a,b   George, C ^a   Bhattacharya, D ^a   Rahi, A ^a   Woodhead, P M ^a   Stevenson, W J ^a   Pillai, A ^a   Al Khaffaf, H ^a  

^a BURNLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Cerebral angiography; Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250005210     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(07)80039-4     Document Type: Article

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