Quantitative carotid calcium scoring and cerebral ischemia - A pilot study and review of recent literature

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 453-456

  Thomas, Bradley P ^a   Larson III, Theodore C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248356659     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101746     Document Type: Article

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