Quantitative assessment of carotid plaque surface irregularities and correlation to cerebrovascular symptoms

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kanber, Baris ^a   Hartshorne, Timothy C ^a,b   Horsfield, Mark A ^a   Naylor, A Ross ^a,b   Robinson, Thompson G ^a   Ramnarine, Kumar V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque; Cerebrovascular symptoms; Surface irregularities; Surface irregularity index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE IRREGULARITY INDEX; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84887967048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-11-38     Document Type: Article

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