Intraplaque hemorrhage, fibrous cap status, and microembolic signals in symptomatic patients with mild to moderate carotid artery stenosis: The plaque at RISK study

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3423-3426

  Truijman, Martine T B ^a,b   De Rotte, Alexandra A J ^d   Aaslid, Rune ^e   Van Dijk, Anouk C ^e   Steinbuch, Jeire ^a,f   Liem, Madieke I ^g   Schreuder, Floris H B M ^a,b   Van Der Steen, Anton F W ^e   Daemen, Mat J A P ^g   Van Oostenbrugge, Robert J ^a,c   Wildberger, Joachim E ^a,b   Nederkoorn, Paul J ^g   Hendrikse, Jeroen ^d   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^e   Kooi, Marianne Eline ^a,b   Mess, Werner H ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Hemodynamics AG   (Switzerland)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque, atherosclerotic; Transcranial Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURED FIBROUS CAP; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84922479867     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006800     Document Type: Article

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