Quantitative analysis of carotid plaque vasa vasorum by CEUS and correlation with histology after endarterectomy;Quantitative analyse der vasa vasorum von carotisplaques mit ceus und korrelation mit der histologie und immunchemie nach endarterektomie

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 184-195

  Vavuranakis, Manolis ^a   Sigala, Fragiska ^a   Vrachatis, Dimitrios A ^a   Papaioannou, T eodore G ^a   Filis, Konstantinos ^a   Kavantzas, Nikolaos ^a   Kalogeras, Konstantinos I ^a   Massoura, Constantina ^a   Toufektzian, Levon ^a   Kariori, Maria G ^a   Vlasseros, Ioannis ^a   Kallikazaros, Ioannis ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Carotid stenosis; CEUS; Intravascular ultrasound; Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIBODY; CD34 ANTIBODY; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRIGHTNESS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INJECTION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MICROVASCULATURE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VASA VASORUM;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASA VASORUM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84877147407     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000267     Document Type: Article

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