Mild carotid artery atherosclerosis: Assessment by 3-dimensional time- of-flight magnetic resonance angiography, with reference to intravascular ultrasound imaging and contrast angiography

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 827-833

  Räsänen, Heikki T ^a   Manninen, Hannu I ^b   Vanninen, Ritva L ^b   Vainio, Pauli ^b   Berg, Marja ^b   Saari, Tapani ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid artery diseases; Magnetic resonance angiography; Ultrasonography, interventional

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032917995     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.4.827     Document Type: Article

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