Calcification at orifices of aortic arch branches is a reliable and significant marker of stenosis at carotid bifurcation and intracranial arteries

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 384-390

  Yamada, Shigeki ^a,b,c   Hashimoto, Kenji ^d   Ogata, Hideki ^c   Watanabe, Yoshihiko ^c   Oshima, Marie ^b   Miyake, Hidenori ^c  

^a RAKUWAKAI OTOWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KISHIWADA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic arch; Arterial calcification; Arteriosclerosis; Carotid bifurcation; Multi detector row CT; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

AORTIC ARCH; ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID BIFURCATION; MULTI-DETECTOR ROW CT; STENOSIS;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892613254     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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