The cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance angiography for carotid artery stenosis and peripheral vascular disease: A systematic review

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Berry, E ^a   Kelly, S ^a   Westwood, M E ^a   Davies, L M ^a   Gough, M J ^a   Bamford, J M ^a   Meaney, J F M ^a   Airey, C M ^a   Cullingworth, J ^a   Barbieri, M ^a   Jackson, A ^a   Smith, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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GADOLINIUM;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAROTID STENOSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 85045351603     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta6070     Document Type: Review

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