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Carotid bruits as predictor for carotid stenoses detected by ultrasonography: an observational study

BACKGROUND: Carotid surgery in asymptomatic subjects with carotid stenosis is effective to prevent ischemic stroke. There is, however, uncertainty how to find such persons at risk, because mass screening with carotid artery ultrasonography (US) is not cost-effective. Signs of carotid bruits correspo...

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Autores principales: Johansson, Elias P, Wester, Per
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18577216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-8-23