Coexistence of calcification, intraplaque hemorrhage and lipid core within the asymptomatic atherosclerotic carotid plaque: The Rotterdam study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 319-324

  Van Den Bouwhuijsen, Quirijn J A ^a,b   Bos, Daniel ^a,b   Ikram, M Arfan ^a,b   Hofman, Albert ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^b   Franco, Oscar H ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^b   Vernooij, Meike W ^a,b  

^a Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcifications; CT; Intraplaque hemorrhage; Lipid core; MRI; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAPLAQUE CALCIFICATION; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; HEMORRHAGE; LIPID METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

LIPID;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84929692846     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000381138     Document Type: Article

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