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Ultrasound screening for asymptomatic carotid stenosis in subjects with calcifications in the area of the carotid arteries on panoramic radiographs: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Directed ultrasonic screening for carotid stenosis is cost-effective in populations with > 5% prevalence of the diagnosis. Occasionally, calcifications in the area of the carotid arteries are incidentally detected on odontological panoramic radiographs. We aimed to determine if direct...

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Autores principales: Johansson, Elias P, Ahlqvist, Jan, Garoff, Maria, Karp, Kjell, Jäghagen, Eva Levring, Wester, Per
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3161947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21752238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-11-44