Efficacy of patient selection strategies for carotid endarterectomy by contrast-enhanced MRA on a 1 T machine and duplex ultrasound in a regional hospital

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-183

  Korteweg, M A ^a   Kerkhoff, H ^a   Bakker, J ^a   Elgersma, O E H ^a  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 37849011555     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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