Assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis and intraplaque neovascularization using quantitative contrast-enhanced ultrasound in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-113

  Van Den Oord, Stijn C H ^a   Akkus, Zeynettin ^a   Roeters van Lennep, Jeanine E ^a   Bosch, Johan G ^a   Van Der Steen, Antonius F W ^a   Sijbrands, Eric J G ^a   Schinkel, Arend F L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid ultrasound; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Familial hypercholesterolemia

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID ULTRASOUND; CEUS; CIMT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FH; INTRAPLAQUE NEOVASCULARIZATION; IPN;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NETHERLANDS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84885464656     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.08.040     Document Type: Article

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