Echolucency of carotid plaques correlates with plaque cellularity

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-38

  Gonçalves, Isabel ^a,b,d   Moses, J ^c   Pedro, L M ^d   Dias, N ^d   Fernandes e Fernandes, J ^d   Nilsson, J ^a   Ares, P S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Instituto Cardiovascular de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery stenosis; Cellularity; Echostructure; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DNA; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0037482962     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1907     Document Type: Article

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