A noninvasive imaging approach to assess plaque severity: The carotid atherosclerosis score

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1068-1075

  Underhill, Hunter R ^a   Hatsukami, T S ^a   Cai, J ^b   Yu, W ^c   DeMarco, J K ^d   Polissar, N L ^e   Ota, H ^d   Zhao, X ^a   Dong, L ^a   Oikawa, M ^a   Yuan, C ^a  

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

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Michigan State University   (United States)

^e Mountain Whisper Light Statistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROUS CAP RUPTURE; HUMAN; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; LIPID RICH NECROTIC CORE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 77953526231     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2007     Document Type: Article

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