Pathology of carotid artery atherosclerotic disease

Carotid Disease: The Role of Imaging in Diagnosis and Management

Volumn 9780521862264, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-21

  Virmani, Renu ^a   Burke, Allen ^a   Ladich, Elena ^a   Kolodgie, Frank D ^a  

^a CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; HEART; PATHOLOGY;

BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID PLAQUES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMBOLIZATION; GROSS EXAMINATIONS; PRECURSOR LESIONS;

DISEASES;

EID: 49049091720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544941.002     Document Type: Chapter

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