Neuroradiology

, Volume 59, Issue 9, pp 835–837 | Cite as

The non-invasive search for the carotid-cavernous fistula: the added value of the 4D-CTA

  • Martinus J. van Amerongen
  • Sjoert A. H. Pegge
  • Mustapha El Kandoussi
  • Hieronymus D. Boogaarts
  • Frederick J. A. Meijer
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Compliance with ethical standards

Funding

No funding was received for this study.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical approval

All procedures performed in the studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Informed consent

For this type of retrospective study formal consent is not required.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Martinus J. van Amerongen
    • 1
  • Sjoert A. H. Pegge
    • 1
  • Mustapha El Kandoussi
    • 2
  • Hieronymus D. Boogaarts
    • 3
  • Frederick J. A. Meijer
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Radiology and Nuclear MedicineRadboud University Nijmegen Medical CenterNijmegenThe Netherlands
  2. 2.Department of OphthalmologyRadboud University Nijmegen Medical CenterNijmegenThe Netherlands
  3. 3.Department of NeurosurgeryRadboud University Nijmegen Medical CenterNijmegenThe Netherlands

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