Identification of fibrous cap rupture with magnetic resonance imaging is highly associated with recent transient ischemic attack or stroke

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 181-185

  Yuan, Chun ^a   Zhang, Shao Xiong ^a   Polissar, Nayak L ^a   Echelard, Denise ^a   Ortiz, Geraldo ^a   Davis, Joseph W ^a   Ellington, Elizabeth ^a   Ferguson, Marina S ^a   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037080880     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0202.102121     Document Type: Article

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