Current status of clinical magnetic resonance imaging for plaque characterisation in patients with carotid artery stenosis

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-21

  Den Hartog, A G ^a   Bovens, S M ^a,b   Koning, W ^a   Hendrikse, J ^a   Luijten, P R ^a   Moll, F L ^a   Pasterkamp, G ^a   De Borst, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Carotid artery stenosis; Histology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque morphology

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FIBROSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84872603679     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2012.10.022     Document Type: Review

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