New advances in noninvasive imaging of the carotid artery: CIMT, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and vasa vasorum

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 497-502

  Coll, Blai ^a   Nambi, Vijay ^b   Feinstein, Steven B ^c  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT); Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS); Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASA VASORUM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 77958477549     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-010-0139-0     Document Type: Review

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