CT and ultrasound in the study of ulcerated carotid plaque compared with surgical results: Potentialities and advantages of multidetector row CT angiography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1061-1066

  Saba, Luca ^a,b   Caddeo, G ^a   Sanfilippo, R ^a   Montisci, R ^a   Mallarini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Policlinico Universitario   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAROTID PLAQUE ULCERATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PLAQUE COMPOSITION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL SPECIMEN; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34250824011     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0486     Document Type: Article

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