Evaluation of Vertebral Artery Origin Stenosis: A Retrospective Comparison of Three Techniques

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-16

  Jumaa, Mouhammad ^a   Popescu, Alexandra ^a   Tsay, Jawad ^a   Vaughan, Christina ^a   Vora, Nirav ^b   Jankowitz, Brian ^a   Horowitz, Michael B ^a   Jovin, Tudor G ^a   Uchino, Ken ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Stenosis; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79851489717     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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