Comparison of symptomatic and asymptomatic atherosclerotic carotid plaques using parallel imaging and 3 T black-blood in vivo CMR

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Grimm, Jochen M ^a   Schindler, Andreas ^a   Freilinger, Tobias ^a   Cyran, Clemens C ^a   Bamberg, Fabian ^a   Yuan, Chun ^b   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Dichgans, Martin ^a   Freilinger, Caroline ^a   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Saam, Tobias ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular MR; Ischemic stroke; Plaque imaging; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FIBROSIS; GERMANY; HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE;

AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GERMANY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; ODDS RATIO; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STROKE;

EID: 84878006621     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-15-44     Document Type: Article

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