Clinical and histological significance of gadolinium enhancement in carotid atherosclerotic plaque

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3023-3028

  Millon, Antoine ^a,b   Boussel, Loic ^c   Brevet, Marie ^b   Mathevet, Jean Louis ^a   Canet Soulas, Emmanuelle ^d   Mory, Cyril ^b   Scoazec, Jean Yves ^b   Douek, Philippe ^c  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

carotid plaque; gadolinium enhancement; high resolution MRI; plaque vulnerability; stroke

Indexed keywords

GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84868210847     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.662692     Document Type: Article

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