Atherosclerotic plaque surface morphology in the carotid bifurcation assessed with multidetector computed tomography angiography

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1334-1340

  De Weert, Thomas T ^a   Cretier, Sander ^a   Groen, Harald C ^a,b   Homburg, Philip ^a   Cakir, Hamit ^a   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a,b   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid stenosis; CT; Risk factors; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65249087287     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.538439     Document Type: Article

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