Carotid plaque neovascularization and hemorrhage detected by MR imaging are associated with recent cerebrovascular ischemic events

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 755-760

  Qiao, Y ^a   Etesami, M ^a   Astor, B C ^b,c   Zeiler, S R ^c   Trout III, H H ^d   Wasserman, Bruce A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860262018     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2863     Document Type: Article

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