Association of carotid atherosclerotic plaque features with acute ischemic stroke: A magnetic resonance imaging study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Huilin ^a   Zhao, Xihai ^b   Liu, Xiaosheng ^a   Cao, Ye ^a   Hippe, Daniel S ^c   Sun, Jie ^c   Li, Feiyu ^d   Xu, Jianrong ^a   Yuan, Chun ^b,c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

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

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque; Stenosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84881158119     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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