Embolic complications after carotid artery stenting or carotid endarterectomy are associated with tissue characteristics of carotid plaques evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 399-404

  Yamada, Kiyofumi ^a   Yoshimura, Shinichi ^a   Kawasaki, Masanori ^a   Enomoto, Yukiko ^a   Asano, Takahiko ^a   Hara, Akira ^a   Minatoguchi, Shinya ^a   Iwama, Toru ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenting; Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid plaques; Cerebral infarction; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CILOSTAZOL; CLOPIDOGREL; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL INTENSITY RATIO; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; STROKE;

EID: 79953058236     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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