Color Doppler imaging evaluation of proximal vertebral artery stenosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1434-1438

  Hua, Yang ^a   Meng, Xiu Feng ^a   Jia, Ling Yun ^a   Ling, Chen ^a   Miao, Zhong Rong ^a   Ling, Feng ^a   Liu, Ji Bin ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Color Doppler imaging; Diagnostic criteria; Proximal vertebral artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 70449511756     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2624     Document Type: Article

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