Why do ulcerated atherosclerotic carotid artery plaques embolize? A flow dynamics study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 761-766

  Imbesi, Steven G ^a   Kerber, Charles W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYNAMICS; FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ULCER;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; ULCER;

EID: 0032231684     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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