The advantage of high-resolution MRI in evaluating basilar plaques: A comparison study with MRA

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 411-416

  Kim, Young Seo ^a   Lim, Sung Hwan ^a   Oh, Ki Wook ^a   Kim, Ji Young ^a   Koh, Seong Ho ^a   Kim, Juhan ^a   Heo, Sung Hyuk ^b   Chang, Dae Il ^b   Lee, Young Jun ^a   Kim, Hyun Young ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Basilar plaque; High resolution MRI; Intracranial stenosis; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RESOLUTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84866556935     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.07.037     Document Type: Article

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