Evaluation of carotid plaque neovascularization using contrast ultrasound

Angiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 447-450

  Jaipersad, Anthony S ^a   Shantsila, Alena ^a   Silverman, Stanley ^b   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a   Shantsila, Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carotid stenosis; contrast ultrasound; neovascularization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VALIDATION STUDY;

CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST ULTRASOUND; NEOVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 84881254678     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319712457013     Document Type: Article

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