Vulnerable plaque in a swine model of carotid atherosclerosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-472

  Shi, Z S ^a   Feng, L ^b   He, X ^b   Ishii, A ^b   Goldstine, J ^b   Vinters, H V ^b   Vinuela F ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; RUPTURE; STROKE; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 64549140347     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1410     Document Type: Article

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