Plaque inflammation and unstable morphology are associated with early stroke recurrence in symptomatic carotid stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 801-806

  Marnane, Michael ^a   Prendeville, Susan ^a   McDonnell, Ciaran ^a   Noone, Imelda ^b   Barry, Mary ^b   Crowe, Morgan ^b   Mulligan, Niall ^a   Kelly, Peter J ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid stenosis; Inflammation; Pathology; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INFLAMMATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY; STROKE;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899149916     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003657     Document Type: Article

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