Characterisation of carotid atheroma in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients using high resolution MRI

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 905-912

  U King Im, J M ^a   Tang, T Y ^a   Patterson, A ^a   Graves, M J ^a   Howarth, S ^a   Li, Z Y ^a   Trivedi, R ^a   Bowden, D ^a   Kirkpatrick, P J ^a   Gaunt, M E ^a   Warburton, E A ^a   Antoun, N M ^a   Gillard, J H ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CAROTID ARTERY ATHEROMA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCINTISCANNING; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; THROMBUS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 48249156164     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.127969     Document Type: Article

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