Reliability of panoramic radiograph for carotid atheroma detection: a study in patients who fulfill the criteria for carotid endarterectomy

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 736-742

  Damaskos, Spyros ^a   Griniatsos, John ^b   Tsekouras, Nikolaos ^b   Georgopoulos, Sotirios ^b   Klonaris, Chris ^b   Bastounis, Elias ^b   Tsiklakis, Kostas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 53249124732     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.03.039     Document Type: Article

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