Carotid bifurcation geometry is an independent predictor of early wall thickening at the carotid bulb

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 473-478

  Bijari, Payam B ^a   Wasserman, Bruce A ^b   Steinman, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Hemodynamics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTORS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84893790401     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003454     Document Type: Article

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