Determining carotid plaque vulnerability using ultrasound center frequency shifts.
Författare
Summary, in English
The leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide is atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, most commonly caused by rupture of a high-risk plaque and subsequent thrombosis resulting in stroke, myocardial infarction or sudden death depending on the affected arterial territory. Accurate, non-invasive methods to identify such lesions known as vulnerable or high-risk plaques are currently sub-optimal. Our aim was to validate a new non-invasive ultrasound method to identify high-risk carotid plaques.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2016
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
293-300
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Atherosclerosis
Volym
246
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Cardiovascular Research - Immunity and Atherosclerosis
- Vascular Diseases - Clinical Research
- Cardiovascular Research - Translational Studies
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1879-1484