CTA for screening of complicated atherosclerotic carotid plaque - American heart association type VI lesions as defined by MRI

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2331-2337

  Trelles, M ^a   Eberhardt, K M ^b   Buchholz, M ^b   Schindler, A ^b   Bayer Karpinska, A ^b   Dichgans, M ^b   Reiser, M F ^b   Nikolaou, K ^b   Saam, Tobias ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL; IOPROMIDE;

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84890443207     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3607     Document Type: Article

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