Degree of carotid plaque calcification in relation to symptomatic outcome and plaque inflammation

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 262-269

  Shaalan, Wael E ^a   Cheng, Hongwei ^a   Gewertz, Bruce ^a   McKinsey, James F ^a   Schwartz, Lewis B ^a   Katz, Daniel ^a   Cao, Dindcai ^b   Desai, Tina ^a   Glagov, Seymour ^a   Bassiouny, Hisham S ^a,b  

^a Vascular Section   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLINDNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CALCINOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 3442886204     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.04.025     Document Type: Article

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