Clinical significance of carotid bruits: An innocent finding or a useful warning sign?

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 523-530

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Hamilton, George ^b   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid artery disease; Carotid bruit; Carotid stenosis; Cerebrovascular symptoms; Stroke

Indexed keywords

SIMVASTATIN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUSCULTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID AUSCULTATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE;

AGED; AUSCULTATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBMED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 47549119548     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313208X289525     Document Type: Article

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