Pseudo-enhancement does not explain the increased carotid adventitial vasa vasorum signal in diabetic patients

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 459-461

  Arcidiacono, Maria Vittoria ^a,b   Rubinat, Esther ^a,b   Ortega, Emilio ^c   Betriu, Angels ^a,b   Fernández, Elvira ^a,b   Mauricio, Didac ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid ultrasound; Contrast enhanced ultrasound imaging; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CAROTID ARTERY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASA VASORUM;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND IMAGING; TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS; VASA VASORUM;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84880607211     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.06.007     Document Type: Note

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