Imaging the vulnerable carotid artery plaque

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-164

  Hermus, L ^a   Tielliu, I F J ^a   De Wallis Vries, B M ^a   Van Den Dungen, J J A M ^a   Zeebregts, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherome plaque; Carotid plaque; Internal carotid artery; Medical imaging; Plaque ulceration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952684533     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2010.11680590     Document Type: Article

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