Dolichocarotids: Echo-color doppler evaluation and clinical role

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-63

  Ciccone, Marco Matteo ^a   Sharma, Rakesh K ^b   Scicchitano, Pietro ^a   Cortese, Francesca ^a   Salerno, Christian ^c   Berchialla, Paola ^d   Frasso, Giulia ^a   Sassara, Marco ^a   Carbone, Mariangela ^a   Palmiero, Pasquale ^e   Maiello, Maria ^e   Voelker, Donald J ^b   Reddy, Hanumanth K ^b   Federico, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e ASL Brindisi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coiling; Dolichocarotids; Echo color doppler; Kinking; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOLICHOCAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84892961102     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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