Characterization of healing following atherosclerotic carotid plaque rupture in acutely symptomatic patients: An exploratory study using in vivo cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Teng, Zhongzhao ^a   Degnan, Andrew J ^a   Sadat, Umar ^a,b   Wang, Fang ^c   Young, Victoria E ^a   Graves, Martin J ^a   Chen, Shengyong ^c   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

carotid atherosclerosis; CMR; curvature; healing; roughness; rupture

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WOUND HEALING; ACUTE DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FIBROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 83655168958     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-13-64     Document Type: Article

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