Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging for the evaluation of carotid atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 377-383

  Makris, Gregory C ^a,b,d   Lavida, Anthi ^a   Griffin, Maura ^c   Geroulakos, George ^a,b,c   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Cardiovascular Disease Education and Research Centre Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d Alfa Institute of Biomedical Science (AIBS)   (Greece)

Author keywords

3D; Carotid plaque; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; COBALAMIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; OLMESARTAN; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN B9;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COURSE EVALUATION; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PLAQUE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 80055104270     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.05.006     Document Type: Review

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