Extracranial carotid arteries: Intraplaque hemorrhage and surface ulceration

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 81-85

  Bluth, E I ^a  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis classification; Atherosclerosis pathology; Atherosclerosis ultrasonography; Carotid arteries ultrasonography; Carotid stenosis; Cerebrovascular disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS;

EID: 0032015320     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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