Magnetic resonance imaging of carotid atherosclerotic plaque in clinically suspected acute transient ischemic attack and acute ischemic stroke

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2031-2038

  Parmar, Jaywant P ^a,b   Rogers, Walter J ^a   Mugler, John P ^a   Baskurt, Erol ^a,c   Altes, Talissa A ^a   Nandalur, Kiran R ^a,d   Stukenborg, George J ^a   Phillips, C Douglas ^a,e   Hagspiel, Klaus D ^a   Matsumoto, Alan H ^a   Dake, Michael D ^a,f   Kramer, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology Associates of San Luis Obispo ^*  (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

angiography; atherosclerosis; carotid arteries; magnetic resonance imaging; plaque; stenosis; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 78549239836     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.866053     Document Type: Article

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