Transcranial color-coded duplex sonography for detection of distal internal carotid artery stenosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-353

  Valaikiene, J ^a   Schuierer, G ^b   Ziemus, B ^c   Dietrich, J ^d   Bogdahn, U ^c   Schlachetzki, F ^c  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Institute of Neuroradiology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VOLUNTEER;

CAROTID STENOSIS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 39649114356     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0789     Document Type: Article

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