Carotid plaque inflammation in a patient with unstable angina

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-128

  Lombardo, Antonella ^a   Coli, Stefano ^a   Natale, Luigi ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Magnetic resonance; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM; PENTETIC ACID;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOM; THICKNESS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0037496165     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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