Imaging of the fibrous cap in atherosclerotic carotid plaque

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 681-689

  Saba, Luca ^a   Potters, Fons ^b   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^b   Mallarini, Giorgio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid Artery; Imaging; MDCTA; MRI; US ECD

Indexed keywords

ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBROUS CAP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPECTROSCOPY; STROKE; THERMOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956141756     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-010-9828-8     Document Type: Review

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