In vivo characterization and quantification of atherosclerotic carotid plaque components with multidetector computed tomography and histopathological correlation

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2366-2372

  De Weert, Thomas T ^a   Ouhlous, Mohamed ^a   Meijering, Erik ^a   Zondervan, Pieter E ^a   Hendriks, Johanna M ^a   Van Sambeek, Marc R H M ^a   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Computerized tomography; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749068486     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000240518.90124.57     Document Type: Article

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