Carotid imaging for secondary stroke prevention in routine practice

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-32

  Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid imaging; Carotid stenosis; CT angiography; Doppler ultrasound; Intraarterial angiography; MR angiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; STROKE;

EID: 38949204455     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2008.00176.x     Document Type: Review

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