Plaque hemorrhage in carotid artery disease: Pathogenesis, clinical and biomechanical considerations

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 847-858

  Teng, Zhongzhao ^a   Sadat, Umar ^b   Brown, Adam J ^a   Gillard, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atheroma; Atherosclerosis; Carotid; Hemorrhage; Mechanics; MRI; Stroke

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANICS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID; HEMORRHAGE; STROKE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CARDIAC IMAGING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID; HEMORRHAGE; MECHANICS; MRI; STROKE;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CAROTID STENOSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

EID: 84894646326     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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