Arterial wall enhancement overlying carotid plaque on CT angiography correlates with symptoms in patients with high grade stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1894-1896

  Romero, Javier M ^a   Babiarz, Lukasz S ^a   Forero, N Paola ^a   Murphy, Erin K ^a   Schaefer, Pamela W ^a   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^a   Lev, Michael H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65549112070     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.529008     Document Type: Article

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