Cerebral white matter hyperintense lesions are associated with unstable carotid plaques

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-13

  Altaf, Nishath ^a   Daniels, L ^a   Morgan, P S ^a   Lowe, J ^a   Gladman, J ^a   MacSweeney, S T ^a   Moody, A ^a,b   Auer, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque; Cerebrovascular disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 29744435111     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.08.026     Document Type: Article

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