Plaque features associated with increased cerebral infarction after minor stroke and TIA: A prospective, case-control, 3-T carotid artery MR imaging study

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 388-396

  Lindsay, Alistair C ^a   Biasiolli, Luca ^a   Lee, Justin M S ^a   Kylintireas, Ilias ^a   MacIntosh, Bradley J ^b   Watt, Hilary ^b   Jezzard, Peter ^b   Robson, Matthew D ^a   Neubauer, Stefan ^a   Handa, Ashok ^b   Kennedy, James ^c   Choudhury, Robin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; carotid arteries; magnetic resonance imaging; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859613610     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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