Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography in Evaluation of Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaques Complicated with Intraplaque Hemorrhage

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-193

  Ajduk, Marko ^a   Pavić, Ladislav ^a   Bulimbašić, Stela ^a   Šarlija, Mirko ^a   Pavić, Predrag ^a   Patrlj, Leonardo ^a   Brkljačić, Boris ^a  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62249152475     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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