Determination of carotid artery atherosclerotic lesion type and distribution in hypercholesterolemic patients with moderate carotid stenosis using noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2444-2448

  Chu, Baocheng ^a   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^a   Polissar, Nayak L ^b   Zhao, Xue Qiao ^a   Kraiss, Lawrence W ^c   Parker, Dennis L ^c   Waterton, John C ^d   Raichlen, Joel S ^d   Hamar, Wendy ^a   Yuan, Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mountain Whisper Light Statistical Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Carotid stenosis; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 7644244066     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000144686.57135.98     Document Type: Conference Paper

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