Virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound as a diagnostic alternative for morphological characterization of carotid plaque: Comparison with histology and high-resolution magnetic resonance findings

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 335-342

  Chiocchi, Marcello ^a,b   Chiaravalloti, Antonio ^a,b   Morosetti, Daniele ^a,b   Loreni, Giorgio ^a,b   Gandini, Roberto ^a,b   Mancino, Stefano ^a,b   Fabiano, Sebastiano ^a,b   Simonetti, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid plaque; Carotid stenting; Intravascular ultrasound; Virtual histology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERY ELDERLY; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FIBROSIS; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RUPTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84941889071     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328356a5d2     Document Type: Article

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