PLACD-7T study: Atherosclerotic carotid plaque components correlated with cerebral damage at 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-34

  den Hartog, A G ^a   Bovens, S M ^a,b   Koning, W ^a   Hendrikse, J ^a   Pasterkamp, G ^a   Moll, F L ^a   de Borst, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

7 Tesla MRI; Carotid plaque; Cerebral damage; Histology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GOLD STANDARD; HEAD; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 79958116311     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: 18756557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340311795677743     Document Type: Article

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