Noninvasive detection of vertebral artery stenosis: A comparison of contrast-enhanced MR angiography, CT angiography, and ultrasound

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3499-3503

  Khan, Sofia ^a   Rich, Philip ^b   Clifton, Andrew ^b   Markus, Hugh S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT; Diagnostic methods; MR angiography; Vertebrobasilar

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 70350546091     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.556035     Document Type: Article

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