Validation of two different grading schemes to identify patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in general population

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-147

  Suri, M Fareed K ^a,c   Ezzeddine, Mustapha A ^b   Lakshminarayan, Kamakshi ^a   Divani, Afshin A ^a   Qureshi, Adnan I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MMC 295 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Screening

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAUCASIAN; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 41549109376     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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