Modern methods for imaging carotid atheroma

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 350-359

  Trivedi, R A ^a   Gillard, J H ^a   Kirkpatrick, P J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atheroma; Carotid; Imaging; Stroke; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOGENICITY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 45849088430     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690802007891     Document Type: Review

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