Can Emergency Physicians Perform Carotid Artery Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Detect Stenosis in Patients with TIA and Stroke? A Pilot Study

INTRODUCTION: Patients with severe, symptomatic carotid stenosis can have their subsequent stroke risk reduced by surgical intervention if performed soon after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke. Patients presenting to an emergency department (ED) without computed tomography angiography (CT...

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Autores principales: Suttie, Robert, Woo, Michael Y., Park, Lily, Nemnom, Marie-Joe, Stotts, Grant, Perry, Jeffrey J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2020
Materias:
Technology in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7234698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32421511
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2020.2.45137

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