Histological correlates of carotid plaque surface morphology on lumen contrast imaging

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2190-2197

  Lovett, J K ^a   Gallagher, P J ^b   Hands, L J ^c   Walton, J ^c   Rothwell, P M ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid arteries; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMOKING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 5644234911     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000144307.82502.32     Document Type: Article

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