Juxtaluminal hypoechoic area in ultrasonic images of carotid plaques and hemispheric symptoms

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-76

  Griffin, Maura B ^a   Kyriacou, Efthyvoulous ^b   Pattichis, Costas ^b   Bond, Dawn ^a   Kakkos, Stavros K ^a,c   Sabetai, Michael ^c   Geroulakos, George ^c,d   Georgiou, Niki ^e   Doré, Caroline J ^f   Nicolaides, Andrew ^a,b,e  

^a Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre Nicosia   (Cyprus)

^f MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; JUXTALUMINAL HYPOECHOIC AREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 77953688134     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.02.265     Document Type: Article

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