Plaque rupture in the carotid artery is localized at the high shear stress region: A case report

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2379-2381

  Groen, Harald C ^a,b   Gijsen, Frank J H ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a   Ferguson, Marina S ^c   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^c   Van Der Steen, Anton F W ^a,b   Yuan, Chun ^c   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; MRI; Shear stress; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULCER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34548219461     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.484766     Document Type: Article

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