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Is Duplex carotid artery screening prior to CABG justified?

Khawaja B. Waheed, Faisal M. Alzahrani, Muhammad N. Sharif, Nawaf N. Al Jubair, Mona J. Hundallah, Muhammad S. Amin and Zechariah J. Arulanantham
Neurosciences Journal April 2019, 24 (2) 122-129; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2019.2.20180022
Khawaja B. Waheed
From the Department of Radiology (Waheed, Al Zahrani, Al Jubair, Hundallah, Amin); from the Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (Sharif), King Fahad Military Medical Complex, and from the Department of Vice Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, FCPS
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Faisal M. Alzahrani
From the Department of Radiology (Waheed, Al Zahrani, Al Jubair, Hundallah, Amin); from the Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (Sharif), King Fahad Military Medical Complex, and from the Department of Vice Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, KFUF
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Muhammad N. Sharif
From the Department of Radiology (Waheed, Al Zahrani, Al Jubair, Hundallah, Amin); from the Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (Sharif), King Fahad Military Medical Complex, and from the Department of Vice Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, FCPS
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Nawaf N. Al Jubair
From the Department of Radiology (Waheed, Al Zahrani, Al Jubair, Hundallah, Amin); from the Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (Sharif), King Fahad Military Medical Complex, and from the Department of Vice Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, SB-RAD
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Mona J. Hundallah
From the Department of Radiology (Waheed, Al Zahrani, Al Jubair, Hundallah, Amin); from the Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (Sharif), King Fahad Military Medical Complex, and from the Department of Vice Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
GSCE, MBBS
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Muhammad S. Amin
From the Department of Radiology (Waheed, Al Zahrani, Al Jubair, Hundallah, Amin); from the Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (Sharif), King Fahad Military Medical Complex, and from the Department of Vice Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, MCPS
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Zechariah J. Arulanantham
From the Department of Radiology (Waheed, Al Zahrani, Al Jubair, Hundallah, Amin); from the Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (Sharif), King Fahad Military Medical Complex, and from the Department of Vice Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhD
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Khawaja B. Waheed, Faisal M. Alzahrani, Muhammad N. Sharif, Nawaf N. Al Jubair, Mona J. Hundallah, Muhammad S. Amin, Zechariah J. Arulanantham
Neurosciences Journal Apr 2019, 24 (2) 122-129; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2019.2.20180022

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