Three-dimensional volumetric analysis of atherosclerotic plaques: A magnetic resonance imaging-based study of patients with moderate stenosis carotid artery disease

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 897-904

  Sadat, Umar ^a   Teng, Zhongzhao ^a   Young, Victoria E ^a   Graves, Martin J ^a   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE TYPES; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650542318     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9648-6     Document Type: Article

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