MRI plaque imaging detects carotid plaques with a high risk for future cerebrovascular events in asymptomatic patients.

MRI plaque imaging detects carotid plaques with a high risk for future cerebrovascular events in asymptomatic patients.

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate prospectively whether MRI plaque imaging can identify patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis who have an increased risk for future cerebral events. MRI plaque imaging allows categorization of carotid stenosis into different lesion types (...

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Main Authors: Lorena Esposito-Bauer, Tobias Saam, Iman Ghodrati, Jaroslav Pelisek, Peter Heider, Matthias Bauer, Petra Wolf, Angelina Bockelbrink, Regina Feurer, Dominik Sepp, Claudia Winkler, Peter Zepper, Tobias Boeckh-Behrens, Matthias Riemenschneider, Bernhard Hemmer, Holger Poppert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3722215?pdf=render

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