Carotid artery abnormalities and leukoaraiosis in elderly patients: Evaluation with MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Saba, Luca ^a,b   Sanfilippo, Roberto ^a   Pascalis, Luigi ^b   Montisci, Roberto ^a   Mallarini, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b University Hospital San Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Leukoaraiosis; MDCT angiography; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL; LEUKOARAIOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59349107497     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3566     Document Type: Article

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