Geometric and compositional appearance of atheroma in an angiographically normal carotid artery in patients with atherosclerosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-316

  Dong, L ^a,b   Underhill, H R ^a   Yu, W ^b   Ota, H ^a   Hatsukami, T S ^a   Gao, T L ^b   Zhang, Z ^b   Oikawa, M ^a   Zhao, X ^a   Yuan, Chun ^a  

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

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROUS CAP RUPTURE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; STENOSIS;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 76749083845     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1793     Document Type: Article

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