Carotid MRI of initial and recurrent plaques in patients with restenosis after endarterectomy: Three case reports

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-97

  Endo, Hideki ^a   Kamiyama, Kenji ^a   Takahira, Kazuki ^a   Ogino, Tatsuya ^a   Takada, Hidekazu ^a   Kataoka, Taketo ^a   Hyogo, Toshio ^a   Nakagawara, Jyoji ^a   Ono, Hidetoshi ^a   Nakamura, Hirohiko ^a  

^a Nakamura Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid black blood MRI; Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid plaque; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTENOSIS; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873857958     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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