Non-invasive evaluation of proximal vertebral artery stenosis using color Doppler sonography and CT angiography

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 336-341

  Škoda, Ondřej ^a,b   Kalvach, Pavel ^a   Procházka, Bohumír ^a   Svárovský, Martin ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Department of Radiology General Hospital   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; CT angiography; Digital subtraction angiography; Non invasive evaluation; Vertebral artery proximal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROXIMAL VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84922060863     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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