Carotid duplex velocity criteria revisited for the diagnosis of carotid in-stent restenosis

Vascular

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 119-125

  AbuRahma, Ali F ^a   Maxwell, Damian ^a   Eads, Kris ^a   Flaherty, Sarah K ^a   Stutler, Tabitha ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid; Criteria; Duplex; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548009354     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2007.00030     Document Type: Article

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