CT angiography as a screening tool for dural arteriovenous fistula in patients with pulsatile tinnitus: Feasibility and test characteristics

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 446-453

  Narvid, Jared ^a   Do, H M ^a   Blevins, N H ^b   Fischbein, N J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TINNITUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952784105     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2328     Document Type: Article

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