Carotid plaque morphology and clinical events

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-100

  Hatsukami, Thomas S ^a   Ferguson, Marina S ^b   Beach, Kirk W ^c   Gordon, David ^d   Detmer, Paul ^c   Burns, David ^e   Alpers, Charles ^b   Strandness Jr , D Eugene ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; carotid arteries; histology; magnetic resonance imaging; ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0031033932     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.1.95     Document Type: Article

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