Plaque volume compression ratio, a novel biomechanical index, is independently associated with ischemic cerebrovascular events

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 348-356

  Zhang, Peng Fei ^a   Su, Hai Jun ^b   Yao, Gui Hua ^a   Wu, Wei ^c   Zhang, Mei ^a   Liu, Chun Xi ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a   Ding, Shi Fang ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Zhao, Yu Xia ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a,c  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Elastic mechanics; Plaque volume; Real time three dimensional ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID PLAQUE ELASTICITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAQUE VOLUME COMPRESSION RATIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 63849133557     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283193e50     Document Type: Article

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