Growth of carotid artery duplex ultrasound among medicare beneficiaries (2000-2007)

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 866-868

  Zafar, Abdul Mueed ^a,b   Tai, Ryan ^c   Murphy, Timothy P ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery duplex ultrasound; Carotid stenosis; Health services research; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; STROKE; TREND STUDY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859151994     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7411     Document Type: Article

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