Association between carotid artery plaque volume, composition, and ulceration: A retrospective assessment with MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-156

  Saba, Luca ^a   Sanfilippo, Roberto ^a   Sannia, Stefano ^a   Anzidei, Michele ^b   Montisci, Roberto ^a   Mallarini, Giorgio ^a   Suri, Jasjit S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Global Biomedical Technologies   (United States)

^d IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; MDCT angiography

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL; IOMERON 370; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY ULCER; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863677769     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6955     Document Type: Article

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