Intramural location and size of arterial calcification are associated with stenosis at carotid bifurcation

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 957-963

  Yamada, Shigeki ^a,b,c   Oshima, Marie ^c   Watanabe, Yoshihiko ^b   Ogata, Hideki ^b   Hashimoto, Kenji ^d   Miyake, Hidenori ^b  

^a RAKUWAKAI OTOWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d Kishiwada City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial calcification; Arteriosclerosis; Carotid bifurcation; Multi detector row CT; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CREATININE;

AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION LOCATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION SIZE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVICE THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84899920050     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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