Preoperative B-mode ultrasound plaque appearance compared with carotid endarterectomy specimen histology

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 188-194

  Schulte Altedorneburg, G ^a   Droste, D W ^a   Haas, N ^a   Kemeny V ^a   Nabavi, D G ^a   Fuzesi L ^b   Ringelstein, E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery diseases; Carotid endarterectomy; Histology; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034002333     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2000.101003188.x     Document Type: Article

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