ABC of vascular diseases. Carotid endarterectomy.
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Vascular imaging before carotid endarterectomy.
Endarterectomy To the Editor: A variety of neurovascular imaging techniques have been developed to avoid the infrequent but often serious risks of digital subtraction angiography, (DSA)1 This still remains the “gold standard,” although there is increasing reliance on duplex ultrasound as the sole screening method for evaluating arterial stenosis prior to carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Other form...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.303.6808.985