Association between carotid plaque characteristics and cerebral white matter lesions: one-year follow-up study by MRI

To prospectively assess the relation between carotid plaque characteristics and the development of new cerebral white matter lesions (WMLs) at MRI. Fifty TIA/stroke patients with ipsilateral 30-69% carotid stenosis underwent MRI of the plaque at baseline. Total plaque volume and markers of vulnerabi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2011-02, Vol.6 (2), p.e17070-e17070
Hauptverfasser:	Kwee, Robert M, Hofman, Paul A M, Gronenschild, Ed H B M, van Oostenbrugge, Robert J, Mess, Werner H, ter Berg, Johannes W M, Franke, Cees L, Korten, Arthur G G C, Meems, Bé J, van Engelshoven, Jos M A, Wildberger, Joachim E, Kooi, M Eline
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Atherosclerosis Blood pressure Brain Brain - pathology Brain research Carotid Artery Diseases - diagnosis Carotid Artery Diseases - pathology Collaboration Correlation Diabetes Disability studies Disease Progression Female Follow-Up Studies Heart rate Hemorrhage Humans Lesions Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical research Medicine Middle Aged Morphology Neurology NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance Patients Plaque, Atherosclerotic - diagnosis Plaque, Atherosclerotic - pathology Risk factors Stenosis Stroke Substantia alba Thromboembolism Transient ischemic attack
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