Changes in carotid plaque echogenicity with time since the stroke onset: An early marker of plaque remodeling?

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-237

  Martínez Sánchez, Patricia ^a   Fernández Domínguez, Jessica ^a   Ruiz Ares, Gerardo ^a   Fuentes, Blanca ^a   Alexandrov, Andrei V ^b   Díez Tejedor, Exuperio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Echolucency; Plaque analysis; Plaque remodeling; Stroke; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOLUCENCY; PLAQUE ANALYSIS; PLAQUE REMODELING; STROKE;

RADIOLOGY;

ULTRASONICS;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855513144     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.10.025     Document Type: Article

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