Is plaque formation in the common carotid artery representative for plaque formation and luminal stenosis in other atherosclerotic peripheral arteries? A post mortem study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 205-210

  Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a,b,c   Schoneveld, Arjan H ^a,c   Hillen, Berend ^b   Banga, Jan Dirk ^a   Haudenschild, Christian C ^d   Borst, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Peripheral vascular disease; Remodeling; Stenosis; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MICROTOMY; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RENAL ARTERY; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0032478219     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(97)00255-4     Document Type: Article

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