Three-dimensional Ultrasound Quantification of Intensive Statin Treatment of Carotid Atherosclerosis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1763-1772

  Krasinski, Adam ^a   Chiu, Bernard ^a,b   Spence, J David ^a   Fenster, Aaron ^a,b   Parraga, Grace ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D MEASUREMENT; 3-D ULTRASOUND; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATORVASTATIN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTOUR SURFACE; MEAN AGES; PLACEBO GROUPS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SHORT PERIODS; SINGLE OBSERVER; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; THICKNESS MAP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAP; VESSEL WALLS; VISUAL EVIDENCE;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRROLES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 74249113221     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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