Association between Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Calcification and Intraplaque Hemorrhage: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1228-1233

  Lin, Ruolan ^a   Chen, Shuo ^b   Liu, Gaifen ^c   Xue, Yunjing ^a   Zhao, Xihai ^b  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; calcification, physiologic; carotid artery; intraplaque hemorrhage; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID CALCIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STENOSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; ULCER; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 85019679270     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.116.308360     Document Type: Article

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