A journey into the carotid artery microenvironment in high resolution: Challenging the stenosis-symptoms paradigm

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 685-687

  Abizaid, Alexandre ^a   Chamié, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

carotid intervention; optical coherence tomography; vulnerable plaque stenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NOTE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; THROMBUS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ARTERY EMBOLISM; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BLEEDING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84902784015     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.03.002     Document Type: Editorial

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