Optical coherence tomography imaging in asymptomatic patients with carotid artery stenosis

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-56

  Cilingiroglu, Mehmet ^a   Hakeem, Abdul ^b   Feldman, Marc ^c   Wholey, Mark ^a  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Distal embolization; Optical coherence tomography; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872581233     PISSN: 15538389     EISSN: 18780938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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