Current imaging modalities to visualize vulnerability within the atherosclerotic carotid plaque

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1620-1629

  de Vries, Bas M Wallis ^a   van Dam, Gooitzen M ^a   Tio, René A ^a   Hillebrands, Jan Luuk ^a   Slart, Riemer H J A ^a   Zeebregts, Clark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; LIPOCORTIN 5; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 57949107014     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.07.011     Document Type: Review

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