Atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability as an explanation for the increased risk of stroke in elderly undergoing carotid artery stenting

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2550-2555

  Van Lammeren, Guus W ^a   Reichmann, Boudewijn L ^a   Moll, Frans L ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a   De Kleijn, Dominique P V ^a   De Vries, Jean Paul P M ^b   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a   De Borst, Gert Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

age; angioplasty stenting; atherosclerosis; carotid stenosis; plaque composition; risk factors

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; STROKE;

EID: 80052415709     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.607382     Document Type: Article

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