The carotid plaque imaging in acute stroke (CAPIAS) study: Protocol and initial baseline data

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bayer Karpinska, Anna ^a   Schwarz, Florian ^a   Wollenweber, Frank A ^a   Poppert, Holger ^b   Boeckh Behrens, Tobias ^b   Becker, Alexander ^a   Clevert, Dirk A ^a   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Opherk, Christian ^a   Dichgans, Martin ^a   Saam, Tobias ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cryptogenic stroke; Internal carotid artery; MRI; Plaque imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CREATINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERLEUKINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890008136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-201     Document Type: Article

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