Journal article
Can bruits distinguish high-grade from moderate symptomatic carotid stenosis? The North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cervical bruits, alone or combined with other clinical characteristics, can distinguish high-grade (70% to 99%) carotid artery stenoses from less severe stenoses in patients with symptoms of cerebrovascular disease. DESIGN: Cross-sectional comparison of clinical observations with contemporaneous angiography. SETTING: The North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET), a multicenter randomized …
Authors
Sauvé JS; Thorpe KE; Sackett DL; Taylor W; Barnett HJ; Haynes RB; Fox AJ
Journal
Ann Intern Med, Vol. 120, No. 8, pp. 633–637
Publication Date
April 15, 1994
DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-120-8-199404150-00002
ISSN
0003-4819