The cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance angiography for carotid artery stenosis and peripheral vascular disease: a systematic review.

1 Academic Unit of Medical Physics and Centre of Medical Imaging Research, University of Leeds, UK 2 Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK 3 Department of Vascular Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, UK 4 Department of Neurology, St. James’s Hospital, Leeds, UK 5 Department of Radiology, Leeds General Infirmary, UK 6 Division of Public Health, Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds, UK 7 Diagnostic Radiology, University of Manchester, UK

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