Intraplaque high-intensity signal on 3D time-of-flight MR angiography is strongly associated with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 557-561

  Gupta, Ajay ^a   Baradaran, H ^a   Kamel, H ^a   Mangla, A ^a   Pandya, A ^a   Fodera, V ^a   Dunning, A ^a   Sanelli, P C ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; INTRAPLAQUE HIGH INTENSITY SIGNAL; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERY ELDERLY; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84896450167     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3732     Document Type: Article

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