Carotid plaque computed tomography imaging in stroke and nonstroke patients

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-157

  Wintermark, Max ^a   Arora, Sandeep ^a   Tong, Elizabeth ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Lau, Benison C ^a   Chien, Jeffrey D ^a   Dillon, William P ^a   Saloner, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51549093585     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21424     Document Type: Article

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