Focus on the "unstable" carotid plaque: Detection of intraplaque angiogenesis with contrast ultrasound. Present state and future perspectives

Current Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-184

  Giannoni, Maria Fabrizia ^a   Vicenzini, Edoardo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast carotid ultrasound; Plaque angiogenesis; Unstable plaque

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 65949117046     PISSN: 15701611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016109787455626     Document Type: Review

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