High-intensity signal on time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography indicates carotid plaques at high risk for cerebral embolism during stenting

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3132-3137

  Yoshimura, Shinichi ^a   Yamada, Kiyofumi ^a   Kawasaki, Masanori ^a   Asano, Takahiko ^a   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a   Takamatsu, Manabu ^a   Hara, Akira ^a   Iwama, Toru ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

carotid endarterectomy; carotid stenosis; risk factors; stenting

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CD68 ANTIGEN; CILOSTAZOL; CLOPIDOGREL; GLYCOPHORIN A; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS;

EID: 80055025092     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.615708     Document Type: Article

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