Carotid doppler velocity measurements and anatomic stenosis: Correlation is futile

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 466-474

  Beach, Kirk W ^a,b   Leotta, Daniel F ^a,c   Zierler, R Eugene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid stenosis; Doppler; duplex scanning

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENT; SYSTOLE; ULTRASOUND; X RAY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84865456631     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: 19389116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574412452159     Document Type: Article

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