B-mode ultrasonographic characterization of carotid atherosclerotic plaques in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 435-441

  Grogan, Jennifer K ^a   Shaalan, Wael E ^a   Cheng, Hongwei ^a   Gewertz, Bruce ^a   Desai, Tina ^a   Schwarze, Gretchen ^a   Glagov, Seymour ^a   Lozanski, Laurie ^a   Griffin, Andrea ^a   Castilla, Maria ^a   Bassiouny, Hisham S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EX VIVO STUDY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NECROSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 24944456711     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.05.033     Document Type: Article

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