Testing for asymptomatic carotid disease in patients with arterial disease elsewhere

Reviews in Vascular Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 81-84

  Thapar, Ankur ^a   Munster, Alex ^a   Shalhoub, Joseph ^a   Huw Davies, Alun ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Carotid; Screening; Stenosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DALCETRAPIB; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERY DISEASE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MICROEMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84888314628     PISSN: 22120211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvm.2013.10.002     Document Type: Review

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