Imaging of carotid arteries in symptomatic patients: Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies

Radiology

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-112

  Buskens, Erik ^a   Nederkoorn, Paul J ^a   Buijs Van Der Woude, Tineke ^a   Mali, Willem P T M ^a   Kappelle, L Jaap ^a   Eikelboom, Bert C ^a   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^a   Hunink, M G Myriam ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries, MR; Carotid arteries, stenosis or obstruction; Carotid arteries, US; Cost effectiveness; Economics, medical

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 4644226383     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2331030863     Document Type: Article

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