Identification of carotid 'Vulnerable Plaque' by contrast-enhanced ultrasonography: Correlation with plaque histology, symptoms and cerebral computed tomography

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-248

  Faggioli, G L ^a   Pini, R ^a   Mauro, R ^a   Pasquinelli, G ^a   Fittipaldi, S ^a   Freyrie, A ^a   Serra, C ^a   Stella, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Stroke; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SONOVUE;

AGE; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; EXTENSION OF CALCIFICATION; FEMALE; FIBROUS CAP THICKNESS; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; ISCHEMIA; LIPID CORE; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MICROVESSEL DENSITY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ITALY; LIPIDS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79651469880     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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