Vulnerable carotid arterial plaque causing repeated ischemic stroke can be detected with B-mode ultrasonography as a mobile component: Jellyfish sign

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-430

  Kume, Shinji ^d   Hama, Seiji ^a   Yamane, Kanji ^b   Wada, Seishi ^a   Nishida, Toshihiro ^b   Kurisu, Kaoru ^c  

^a Hibino Hospital   (Japan)

^b CHUGOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Jellyfish sign; Mobile plaque; Plaque rupture; Stroke; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77957559965     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-010-0270-9     Document Type: Article

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