Plaque characteristics of asymptomatic carotid stenosis and risk of stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 343-350

  Mono, Marie Luise ^a   Karameshev, Alexander ^c   Slotboom, Johannes ^a   Remonda, Luca ^b   Galimanis, Aekaterini ^a   Jung, Simon ^a   Findling, Oliver ^a   De Marchis, Gian Marco ^a   Luedi, Rudolf ^a   Kiefer, Claus ^a   Stuker, Carole ^a   Mattle, Heinrich P ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a,d   Arnold, Marcel ^a   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a   El Koussy, Marwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Aarau ^*  (Switzerland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carotid stenosis; Future cerebrovascular events; Plaque components; Predictive factors; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IPSILATERAL STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84868683073     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343227     Document Type: Article

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