Geographic variation and trends in carotid imaging among Medicare beneficiaries, 2001 to 2006

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 599-606

  Curtis, Lesley H ^a,b   Greiner, Melissa A ^a   Patel, Manesh R ^a,b   Duncan, Pamela W ^b   Schulman, Kevin A ^a,b   Matchar, David B ^b,c  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Diagnosis; Imaging; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE; X RAY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; NEW ENGLAND;

EID: 78650267506     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.950279     Document Type: Article

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