MR carotid plaque imaging and contrast-enhanced MR angiography identifies lesions associated with recent ipsilateral thromboembolic symptoms: An in vivo study at 3T

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1395-1402

  DeMarco, J Kevin ^a   Ota, H ^a   Underhill, H R ^e   Zhu, D C ^a   Reeves, M J ^b   Potchen, M J ^a   Majid, A ^c   Collar, A ^f   Talsma, J A ^b   Potru, S ^d   Oikawa, M ^e   Dong, L ^e   Zhao, X ^e   Yarnykh, V L ^e   Yuan, C ^e  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c East Lansing   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f Great Lakes Heart Lung and Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; GADOLINIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULCER;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77956590582     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2213     Document Type: Article

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