Accuracy of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) Carotid Doppler Velocity Criteria for Grading North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial "NASCET" Stenosis: A Meta-Analysis.

Joseph F PolakAndrei V Alexandrov

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2022)

The SRU consensus Doppler cut points vary in their accuracies for predicting ICA stenosis. The PSV cut points have tradeoffs: high sensitivity/low specificity for 50% stenosis and high specificity/moderate sensitivity for 70% stenosis.

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