Meta-Analysis of the Reliability of Noninvasive Carotid Studies.

Publication/Presentation Date

11-1-1991

Abstract

The author examined those published studies of the consistency (homogeneity) of study outcomes of noninvasive tests that assess the degree of carotid artery disease. Noninvasive tests used to detect carotid artery disease include ocular pneumoplethysmography and duplex ultrasound pulsed Doppler spectral analysis with high-resolution B-mode scan. This meta-analysis showed that all authors had reached essentially the same conclusion: 1) one of these noninvasive tests may be sufficient to determine the clinical management of carotid artery disease, and 2) when two tests are concordant, the test degree of certainty is greatly improved, with anatomic and physiologic information that often matches or surpasses that afforded by the more invasive percutaneous carotid arteriography.

Volume

25

Issue

6

First Page

465

Last Page

471

ISSN

0899-8205

Disciplines

Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Health Services Research | Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

1838017

Department(s)

Department of Community Health and Health Studies

Document Type

Article

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