Prevalence of compositional features in subclinical carotid atherosclerosis determined by high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging in chinese patients with coronary artery disease

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1157-1162

  Zhao, Xihai ^a   Zhao, Qian ^c   Chu, Baocheng ^a   Yang, Yin ^b   Li, Feiyu ^a   Zhou, Xiao Hua ^b,d   Cai, Jianming ^c   Cai, Zulong ^c   Yuan, Chun ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Coronary artery disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque composition; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77953217385     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.580027     Document Type: Article

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