Atherosclerotic plaque in the left carotid artery is more vulnerable than in the right

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3226-3230

  Selwaness, Mariana ^a   Van Den Bouwhuijsen, Quirijn ^a   Van Onkelen, Robbert S ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Franco, Oscar H ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^a   Vernooij, Meike ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84922480797     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005202     Document Type: Article

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