Intracranial atherosclerosis: Correlation between in-vivo 3T high resolution MRI and pathology

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 460-463

  Turan, Tanya N ^a   Rumboldt, Zoran ^a   Granholm, Ann Charlotte ^a   Columbo, Laura ^a   Welsh, Cynthia T ^a   Lopes Virella, Maria F ^a   Spampinato, M Vittoria ^a   Brown, Truman R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque pathology; High resolution MRI; Intracranial atherosclerosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORDANE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MACROPHAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PNEUMONIA; THICKNESS; UROSEPSIS; VERY ELDERLY; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84908518261     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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