Inflammation within carotid atherosclerotic plaque: Assessment with late-phase contrast-enhanced US

Radiology

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 638-644

  Owen, David R ^a   Shalhoub, Joseph ^a   Miller, Sam ^a   Gauthier, Thomas ^a   Doryforou, Ortansia ^a   Davies, Alun H ^a   Leen, Edward L S ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 77951473311     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10091365     Document Type: Article

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