The use of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in Carotid Arterial Disease

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 381-387

  Shalhoub, J ^a   Owen, D R J ^a   Gauthier, T ^a   Monaco, C ^a   Leen, E L S ^a   Davies, A H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Contrast enhancement; Microbubble contrast; Plaque neovascularisation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION SITE BURNING; INJECTION SITE CONTUSION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LIPID STORAGE; MICROBUBBLE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; VASA VASORUM;

CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77950046994     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.12.011     Document Type: Review

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