MRI plaque imaging reveals high-risk carotid plaques especially in diabetic patients irrespective of the degree of stenosis

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Esposito, L ^a   Saam, T ^b   Heider, P ^a   Bockelbrink, Angelina ^c   Pelisek, Jaroslav ^a   Sepp, D ^a   Feurer, R ^a   Winkler, C ^a   Liebig, T ^a   Holzer, K ^a   Pauly, O ^a   Sadikovic, S ^a   Hemmer, B ^a   Poppert, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649482680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-10-27     Document Type: Article

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