Agreement between multidetector-row CT angiography and ultrasound echo-color doppler in the evaluation of carotid artery stenosis

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 525-532

  Saba, Luca ^a,b   Sanfilippo, Roberto ^b   Montisci, Roberto ^b   Mallarini, Giorgio ^a,c  

^a Department of Science of the Images ^*

^b Policlinico Universitario   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Multidetector row computed tomography angiography; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 53049088351     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000160209     Document Type: Article

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