Carotid plaque enhancement and symptom correlations: An evaluation by using multidetector row CT angiography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1919-1925

  Saba, Luca ^a   Mallarini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID PLAQUE ENHANCEMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 81555196059     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2605     Document Type: Article

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