Microembolic signals and carotid plaque morphology: a study of 71 patients with moderate or high grade carotid stenosis

Mayor, I; Comelli, M; Vassileva, E; Burkhard, Pierre; Sztajzel, Roman

doi:10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00099.x

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Microembolic signals and carotid plaque morphology: a study of 71 patients with moderate or high grade carotid stenosis

ContributorsMayor, I; Comelli, M; Vassileva, E; Burkhard, Pierre

; Sztajzel, Roman

Published inActa neurologica Scandinavica, vol. 108, no. 2, p. 114-117

Publication date2003

Abstract

To determine whether particular carotid plaque features on ultrasound are more likely to produce microembolic signals (MES).

Keywords

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological Markers
Carotid Arteries/pathology/ultrasonography
Carotid Stenosis/complications/pathology/ultrasonography
Female
Humans
Intracranial Embolism/etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Middle Cerebral Artery/ultrasonography
Risk Factors
Stroke/etiology

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MAYOR, I et al. Microembolic signals and carotid plaque morphology: a study of 71 patients with moderate or high grade carotid stenosis. In: Acta neurologica Scandinavica, 2003, vol. 108, n° 2, p. 114–117. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00099.x

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PID : unige:45750
DOI : 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00099.x
PMID : 12859288

Journal ISSN0001-6314

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Microembolic signals and carotid plaque morphology: a study of 71 patients with moderate or high grade carotid stenosis

To determine whether particular carotid plaque features on ultrasound are more likely to produce microembolic signals (MES).

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