Prediction of high-risk plaque development and plaque progression with the carotid atherosclerosis score

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 366-373

  Xu, Dongxiang ^a   Hippe, Daniel S ^a   Underhill, Hunter R ^b   Oikawa Wakayama, Minako ^c   Dong, Li ^d   Yamada, Kiyofumi ^a   Yuan, Chun ^a   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carotid atherosclerosis score; disrupted luminal surface; plaque progression; stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS SCORE; CAROTID INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE COURSE; DISRUPTED LUMINAL SURFACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID STENOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84898800119     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.09.022     Document Type: Article

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