Carotid atherosclerotic plaque characteristics are associated with microembolization during carotid endarterectomy and procedural outcome

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1735-1740

  Verhoeven, B A N ^a   De Vries, J P P M ^b   Pasterkamp, G ^a,d   Ackerstaff, R G A ^b   Schoneveld, A H ^a,c   Velema, E ^a   De Kleijn, D P V ^a,c   Moll, F L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d Experimental Cardiology Laboratory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid artery plaque; Carotid endarterectomy; Embolism; Microcirculation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SMOKING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 23244438878     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000173153.51295.ee     Document Type: Article

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