Role of Conventional Angiography in Evaluation of Patients With Carotid Artery Stenosis Demonstrated by Doppler Ultrasound in General Practice | Zendy

Adnan I. Qureshi | Zendy; M. Fareed K. Suri | Zendy; Zulfiqar Ali | Zendy; Stanley H. Kim | Zendy; Richard D. Fessler | Zendy; Andrew J. Ringer | Zendy; Lee R. Guterman | Zendy; James L. Budny | Zendy; L. Nelson Hopkins | Zendy

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Role of Conventional Angiography in Evaluation of Patients With Carotid Artery Stenosis Demonstrated by Doppler Ultrasound in General Practice

Author(s) -

Adnan I. Qureshi,

M. Fareed K. Suri,

Zulfiqar Ali,

Stanley H. Kim,

Richard D. Fessler,

Andrew J. Ringer,

Lee R. Guterman,

James L. Budny,

L. Nelson Hopkins

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/hs1001.096613

Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , carotid endarterectomy , asymptomatic , radiology , ultrasound , angiography , transcranial doppler , endarterectomy

Previous studies have suggested that patients with carotid stenosis who are candidates for endarterectomy can be effectively identified on the basis of carotid Doppler ultrasound alone. Before widespread acceptance of this policy, the accuracy of carotid Doppler ultrasound outside selected centers and clinical trials needs to be evaluated. We performed a 12-month prospective study to evaluate the accuracy of Doppler ultrasound in identifying patients for carotid intervention in general practice settings.

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