The impact of expansive arterial remodeling on clinical presentation in carotid artery disease: A multidetector ct angiography study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1067-1070

  Hardie, Andrew D ^a   Kramer, C M ^a   Raghavan, P ^a   Baskurt, E ^a   Nandalur, K R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECCENTRICITY INDEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM VESSEL THICKNESS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARAMETER; REMODELING RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250880115     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0508     Document Type: Article

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