Contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging of periadventitial vasa vasorum in human carotid arteries

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 260-264

  Magnoni, Marco ^a   Coli, Stefano ^a   Marrocco Trischitta, Massimiliano M ^a   Melisurgo, Giulio ^a   De Dominicis, Davide ^a   Cianflone, Domenico ^a   Chiesa, Roberto ^a   Feinstein, Steve B ^b   Maseri, Attilio ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Contrast ultrasound; Imaging; Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PERFLUTREN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTIMA; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASOUND; VASA VASORUM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 62449101658     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen221     Document Type: Article

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