Computed tomography angiography vs 3 T black-blood cardiovascular magnetic resonance for identification of symptomatic carotid plaques

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Grimm, Jochen M ^a,b   Schindler, Andreas ^a   Schwarz, Florian ^a   Cyran, Clemens C ^a   Bayer Karpinska, Anna ^a   Freilinger, Tobias ^c   Yuan, Chun ^d   Linn, Jennifer ^a   Trelles, Miguel ^e   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Saam, Tobias ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; CT; Ischemic stroke; Plaque imaging; Symptomatic carotid plaque

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK BLOOD CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBUS; ULCER; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPLICATION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 84908009654     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12968-014-0084-y     Document Type: Article

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