Intraplaque hemorrhage: An imaging marker for atherosclerotic plaque destabilization?

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-168

  Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a   Van Der Steen, A F W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; carotid arteries; magnetic resonance imaging; stroke

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPHORIN A;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE;

EID: 84856171387     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.241414     Document Type: Editorial

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