Sex is associated with the presence of atherosclerotic plaque hemorrhage and modifies the relation between plaque hemorrhage and cardiovascular outcome

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3318-3323

  Vrijenhoek, Joyce E P ^a,c,d   Den Ruijter, Hester M ^a,b   De Borst, Gert Jan ^c   De Kleijn, Dominique P V ^a,d,e   De Vries, Jean Paul P M ^f   Bots, Michiel L ^b   Van De Weg, Sander M ^a   Vink, Aryan ^c   Moll, Frans L ^c   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a  

^a Experimental Cardiology Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^b Julius Center of Health Sciences and Primary Care   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Vascular Surgery ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid; Carotid artery plaque; Endarterectomy; Epidemiology; Prognosis; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY PLAQUE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84889250334     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002633     Document Type: Article

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