Association Between Nonstenosing Carotid Artery Plaque on MR Angiography and Acute Ischemic Stroke

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1228-1229

  Gupta, Ajay ^a   Gialdini, Gino ^a   Giambrone, Ashley E ^a   Lerario, Michael P ^a   Baradaran, Hediyeh ^a   Navi, Babak B ^a   Marshall, Randolph S ^a   Iadecola, Costantino ^a   Kamel, Hooman ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84958576850     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.12.004     Document Type: Letter

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