Quantitative ultrasonic tissue characterization can identify high-risk atherosclerotic alteration in human carotid arteries

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 766-770

  Takiuchi, Shin ^a   Rakugi, Hiromi ^a   Honda, Katsuya ^a   Masuyama, Tohru ^a   Hirata, Nobuaki ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^b   Sugimoto, Ken ^b   Yanagitani, Yoshihiro ^a   Moriguchi, Koichi ^a   Okamura, Atsunori ^a   Higaki, Jitsuo ^a   Ogihara, Toshio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteries; Atherosclerosis; Myocardial infarction; Plaque; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033870258     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.7.766     Document Type: Article

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