Assessment of vulnerable and unstable carotid atherosclerotic plaques on endarterectomy specimens

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2028-2032

  Butcovan, Doina ^a,b   Mocanu, Veronica ^b   Baran, Dana ^b   Ciurescu, Diana ^a,b   Tinica, Grigore ^a,b  

^a Prof Dr George Georgescu Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases   (Romania)

^b GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcified nodule; Plaque erosion; Plaque rupture; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROUS CAP THICKNESS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS;

EID: 84961848559     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2016.3096     Document Type: Article

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