The ruler is dead: An analysis of carotid plaque motion

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 121-125

  Lenzi, Gian Luigi ^a   Vicenzini, Edoardo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Plaque motion; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33846934965     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097048     Document Type: Article

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