Normal reference values of ratios of blood flow velocities in internal carotid artery to those in common carotid artery using doppler sonography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 208-211

  Kochanowicz, Jan ^a   Turek, Grzegorz ^a   Rutkowski, Robert ^a   Mariak, Zenon ^a   Szydlik, Piotr ^a   Lyson, Tomasz ^a   Krejza, Jaroslaw ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Cerebral blood flow; Duplex doppler; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949112021     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20502     Document Type: Article

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