Lumen Morphology in Mild-to-Moderate Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis Correlates with Neurological Symptoms

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 348-354

  Hokari, Masaaki ^a   Kuroda, Satoshi ^a,b   Yasuda, Hiroshi ^a   Nakayama, Naoki ^a   Abe, Satoru ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^a,b   Saito, Hisatoshi ^a  

^a Sapporo Azabu Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D computed tomography angiography (CTA); Carotid plaque; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 80053618782     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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