A surprise behind the dark

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 887-888

  Magnoni, Marco ^a   Coli, Stefano ^a   Cianflone, Domenico ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Contrast ultrasound; Imaging; Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 73449128071     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep089     Document Type: Article

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