Evaluating the carotid plaque: Going beyond stenosis

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 19-24

  Chalela, J A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Imaging carotid plaque; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 64149110369     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000200438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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