Atherosclerotic plaque rupture and intraplaque hemorrhage do not correlate with symptoms in carotid artery stenosis

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1241-1247

  Milei, José ^a,d   Parodi, Juan C ^b   Ferreira, Mariano ^b   Barrone, Andrea ^b   Grana, Daniel R ^a   Matturri, Luigi ^c  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Cardiológicas   (Argentina)

^b Inst Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Patologia Speciale   (Italy)

^d ININCA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0344737605     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00910-8     Document Type: Article

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