Determinants of carotid plaque instability: Echoicity versus heterogeneity

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-30

  Tegos, T J ^a   Stavropoulos, P ^a   Sabetai, M M ^a   Khodabakhsh, P ^a   Sassano, A ^a   Nicolaides, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque echoicity; Duplex; Heterogeneity; Neurovascular symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0034926165     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2001.1412     Document Type: Article

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