Determinants of magnetic resonance imaging detected carotid plaque components: The Rotterdam Study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-229

  Van Den Bouwhuijsen, Quirijn J A ^a   Vernooij, Meike W ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque components; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84856180821     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr227     Document Type: Article

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