Plaque At RISK (PARISK): Prospective multicenter study to improve diagnosis of high-risk carotid plaques

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 747-754

  Truijman, M T B ^a,b   Kooi, M E ^a,b   van Dijk, A C ^c   de Rotte, A A J ^d   van der Kolk, A G ^d   Liem, M I ^e   Schreuder, F H B M ^a   Boersma, E ^c   Mess, W H ^a   van Oostenbrugge, R J ^a   Koudstaal, P J ^c   Kappelle, L J ^d   Nederkoorn, P J ^e   Nederveen, A J ^e   Hendrikse, J ^d   van der Steen, A F W ^c   Daemen, M J A P ^e   van Der Lugt, A ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; CT; MRI; Prospective; Stroke; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; STROKE;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84904692123     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12167     Document Type: Article

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