Accuracy of a novel risk index combining degree of stenosis of the carotid artery and plaque surface echogenicity

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1260-1265

  Momjian Mayor, Isabelle ^a   Kuzmanovic, Igor ^a   Momjian, Shahan ^b   Bonvin, Christophe ^a   Albanese, Stefane ^d   Bichsel, Denis ^b   Comelli, Mario ^e   Pereira, Vitor Mendez ^c   Lovblad, Karl O ^c   Sztajzel, Roman F ^a  

^a Neurovascular Unit   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Doppler ultrasound; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK INDEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84860222384     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.634766     Document Type: Article

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