Identification of patients with a histologically unstable carotid plaque using ultrasonic plaque image analysis

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 118-125

  Salem, M K ^a   Bown, M J ^a,b   Sayers, R D ^a   West, K ^c   Moore, D ^c   Nicolaides, A ^d,e   Robinson, T G ^b   Naylor, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Leicester NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Cardiovascular Disease   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid; Plaque instability; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID; PLAQUE INSTABILITY; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84904252469     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2014.05.015     Document Type: Article

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