Evaluation of computed tomography angiography plaque thickness measurements in high-grade carotid artery stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 740-745

  Gupta, Ajay ^a   Baradaran, Hediyeh ^a   Kamel, Hooman ^a   Pandya, Ankur ^b   Mangla, Atul ^a   Dunning, Allison ^b   Marshall, Randolph S ^c   Sanelli, Pina C ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid arteries; Ischemic attack; Stroke; Transient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HARD PLAQUE THICKNESS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT PLAQUE THICKNESS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NECK; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; NECK; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84899156679     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003882     Document Type: Article

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