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Comparison of CT and CMR for detection and quantification of carotid artery calcification: the Rotterdam Study

BACKGROUND: Carotid artery atherosclerosis is an important risk factor for stroke. As such, quantitative imaging of carotid artery calcification, as a proxy of atherosclerosis, has become a cornerstone of current stroke research. Yet, population-based data comparing the computed tomography (CT) and...

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Autores principales: Mujaj, Blerim, Lorza, Andrés M. Arias, van Engelen, Arna, de Bruijne, Marleen, Franco, Oscar H., van der Lugt, Aad, Vernooij, Meike W., Bos, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5338077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28260526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12968-017-0340-z