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Identifying a high risk cardiovascular phenotype by carotid MRI-depicted intraplaque hemorrhage.
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging - 1 Oct 2013
Singh Navneet, Moody Alan R, Rochon-Terry Geneviéve, Kiss Alexander, Zavodni Anna
Abstract excerpt
Intraplaque hemorrhage (IPH), a component of late-stage complicated plaque, identified within carotid endarterectomy surgical specimens has been recently demonstrated to predict cardiovascular (CV) events. MRI is able to depict carotid IPH. We investigated the ability of carotid MR-depicted IPH (MR-IPH) to identify high-risk CV patients. From January 2008 to April 2011, 216 patients (mean age, 67.5 years; range...
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