Asymptomatic carotid disease - A new tool for assessing neurological risk

Echocardiography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 353-361

  Pedro, Luís M ^a   Sanches, J Miguel ^b,e   Seabra, José ^b   Suri, Jasjit S ^c,d   Fernandes E Fernandes, José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c AtheroPoint LLC   (United States)

^d IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND ROBOTICS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

asymptomatic carotid disease; carotid plaque; enhanced activity index; risk; speckle; stroke; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; CAROTID STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84895918292     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12348     Document Type: Article

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