Composition of carotid atherosclerotic plaque is associated with cardiovascular outcome: A prognostic study

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1941-1950

  Hellings, Willem E ^a   Peeters, Wouter ^a,b   Moll, Frans L ^a   Piers, Sebastiaan ^a   Van Setten, Jessica ^a   Van Der Spek, Peter J ^c   De Vries, Jean Paul P M ^d   Seldenrijk, Kees A ^d   De Bruin, Peter C ^d   Vink, Aryan ^a   Velema, Evelyn ^a   De Kleijn, Dominique P V ^b   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood vessels; Cardiovascular diseases; Carotid arteries; Hemorrhage; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 77951879344     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.887497     Document Type: Article

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