Ultrasound Diagnosis of Carotid Artery Stiffness in Patients with Ischemic Leukoaraiosis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 64-71

  Turk, Monika ^a   Pretnar Oblak, Janja ^a   Zupan, Matija ^a   Zvan, Bojana ^a   Zaletel, Marjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Carotid arterial stiffness; Doppler sonography; Echo tracking system; Leukoaraiosis; Vascular risk factors; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; ECHO-TRACKING; LEUKOARAIOSIS; RISK FACTORS; WHITE MATTER;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BETA INDEX; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY STIFFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY MODULUS; FAZEKAS SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PULSE WAVE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WHITE MATTER LESION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPLICATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84919608620     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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