Contrast enhanced ultrasound in atherosclerotic carotid artery disease

International Angiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 565-571

  Varetto, G ^a   Gibello, L ^a   Bergamasco, L ^a   Sapino, A ^a   Castellano, I ^a   Garneri, P ^a   Rispoli, P ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Plaque, atherosclerotic; Stroke; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT ULTRASOUND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84875333723     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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