Intraplaque Stretch in Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque - an Effective Biomechanical Predictor for Subsequent Cerebrovascular Ischemic Events

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Teng, Zhongzhao ^a   Sadat, Umar ^b   Wang, Wenkai ^a   Bahaei, Nasim S ^a   Chen, Shengyong ^c   Young, Victoria E ^a   Graves, Martin J ^a   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; INTRAPLAQUE STRETCH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYSTOLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPLICATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84876576046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061522     Document Type: Article

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