Microembolic signals and carotid plaque characteristics in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 345-351

  Zhang, Chunmei ^a   Qu, Songbin ^a   Li, Hulun ^a   Li, Guolin ^a   Chen, Guiying ^a   Wang, Jinghua ^a   Wu, Changjun ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Embolic signal; Morphology; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler; Transient ischemic attacks; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROEMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COMPLICATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 70350042035     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430802699232     Document Type: Article

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