Assessment of carotid plaque neovascularization using quantitative analysis of contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging is useful for risk stratification in patients with coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 195, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-119

  Nakamura, Jun ^a   Nakamura, Takamitsu ^a   Deyama, Juntaro ^a   Fujioka, Daisuke ^a   Kawabata, Ken Ichi ^a   Obata, Jun Ei ^a   Watanabe, Kazuhiro ^a   Watanabe, Yosuke ^a   Kugiyama, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Coronary artery disease; Neovascularization; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID PLAQUE NEOVASCULARIZATION; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY SCALE LEVEL; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLAQUE ENHANCED INTENSITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CAROTID ARTERY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84937560145     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.107     Document Type: Article

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