Vasa vasorum enhancement on computerized tomographic angiography correlates with symptomatic patients with 50% to 70% carotid artery stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3344-3349

  Romero, Javier M ^a   Pizzolato, Raffaella ^a   Atkinson, Wendy ^a   Meader, Anna ^a   Jaimes, Camilo ^a   Lamuraglia, Glenn ^a   Jaff, Michael R ^b   Buonanno, Ferdinando ^a   Almandoz, Josser Delgado ^b,c   Gonzalez, Ramon G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASA VASORUM;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 84889247785     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002400     Document Type: Article

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