Longitudinal MRI study on the natural history of carotid artery plaques in symptomatic patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Kwee, Robert M ^a,b   Truijman, Martine T B ^a,b   van Oostenbrugge, Robert J ^a,b   Mess, Werner H ^a,b   Prins, Martin H ^a   Franke, Cees L ^c   Korten, Arthur G G C ^d   Wildberger, Joachim E ^a,b   Kooi, M Eline ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^d LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID RICH NECROTIC CORE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR FIBROSIS; VASCULAR NECROSIS;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84864447643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042472     Document Type: Article

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