Duplex ultrasonography, magnetic resonance angiography, and computed tomography angiography for diagnosis and assessment of symptomatic, lower limb peripheral arterial disease: Systematic review

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7606, 2007, Pages 1257-1261

  Collins, Ros ^a   Burch, Jane ^a   Cranny, Gillian ^a   Aguiar Ibáñez, Raquel ^a   Craig, Dawn ^a   Wright, Kath ^a   Berry, Elizabeth ^b   Gough, Michael ^c   Kleijnen, Jos ^d   Westwood, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KLEIJNEN SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 34250847607     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39217.473275.55     Document Type: Article

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