Intraluminal thrombus, intraplaque hemorrhage, plaque thickness, and current smoking optimally predict carotid stroke

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-90

  Scott McNally, J ^a   McLaughlin, Michael S ^a   Hinckley, Peter J ^a   Treiman, Scott M ^a   Stoddard, Gregory J ^b,c,d   Parker, Dennis L ^a   Treiman, Gerald S ^a  

^a Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research Department of Radiology   (United States)

^b Study Design and Biostatistics Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid artery plaque; magnetic resonance imaging; smoking; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRALUMINAL THROMBUS; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAQUE THICKNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; THROMBUS; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; COMPLICATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STROKE;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SMOKING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE;

EID: 84920262376     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006286     Document Type: Article

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