Atherosclerotic carotid vulnerable plaque and subsequent stroke: A high-resolution MRI study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-352

  Gao, Tianli ^a,b   Zhang, Zhuo ^b   Yu, Wei ^b   Zhang, Zhaoqi ^b   Wang, Yongjun ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFARCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; STROKE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 59849089684     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000202011     Document Type: Article

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