Spotty Carotid Plaques Are Associated with Inflammation and the Occurrence of Cerebrovascular Symptoms

BACKGROUND: Echolucent carotid plaques have been related to an increased risk of ischemic cerebrovascular events. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether a new objective ultrasonographic parameter, the statistical geometric feature (SGF), reflecting spottiness of carotid plaques, can be...

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Autores principales: Halak, Sanela, Östling, Gerd, Edsfeldt, Andreas, Kennbäck, Cecilia, Dencker, Magnus, Gonçalves, Isabel, Asciutto, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5836198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29402768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000485258

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5836198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29402768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000485258

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