Clinical risk factors and CT imaging features of carotid atherosclerotic plaques as predictors of new incident carotid ischemic stroke: A retrospective cohort study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 402-409

  Magge, R ^a   Lau, B C ^b   Soares, B P ^c   Fischette, S ^c   Arora, S ^d   Tong, E ^b   Cheng, S ^c   Wintermark, Max ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THICKNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84876176679     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3228     Document Type: Article

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