Correlation of carotid plaque neovascularization detected by using contrast-enhanced US with clinical symptoms

Radiology

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 583-589

  Xiong, Li ^a   Deng, You Bin ^a   Zhu, Ying ^a   Liu, Ya Ni ^a   Bi, Xiao Jun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE; CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 66149120261     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2512081829     Document Type: Article

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