The Failure of Intravenous Digital Subtraction Angiography in Replacing Carotid Arteriography
Authors: Randall D. Cebul, Ronald A. Paulus
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1986)

Editorials1 April 1986The Failure of Intravenous Digital Subtraction Angiography in Replacing Carotid ArteriographyRANDALL D. CEBUL, M.D., RONALD A. PAULUS, B.S.RANDALL D. CEBUL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RONALD A. PAULUS, B.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-104-4-572 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWhen digital subtraction angiography was introduced commercially in 1980, it promised to accomplish for vascular disease what computed tomography was doing for soft tissue pathology: namely, the relatively noninvasive identification of disease with sufficient accuracy to obviate more invasive diagnostic evaluation. Digital subtraction angiography has been used primarily in the evaluation of suspected cerebrovascular disease, with fully two thirds of early and subsequent intravenous digital subtraction procedures used to evaluate the extracranial cerebral vasculature. As one of a series of reports that comprise the Office of Technology Assessment's evaluation of medical technology and the costs of the Medicare Program, Case...References1. . Health Technology Case Study 34: The Cost Effectiveness of Digital Subtraction Angiography in the Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Disease. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office; 1985: publication no. OTA-HCS-34. Google Scholar2. GENTON E, BARNETT H, FIELDS W, GENT M, and HOAK J. Cerebral ischemia: the role of thrombosis and of antithrombotic therapy. Study group on antithrombolic therapy. Stroke. 1977;8:150-75. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. ADELMAN S. The National Survey of Stroke: economic impact. Stroke. 1981;12(suppl 1):I69-87. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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