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Late-Phase Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Reflects Biological Features of Instability in Human Carotid Atherosclerosis
- Source :
- Stroke (Ovid); December 2011, Vol. 42 Issue: 12 p3634-3636, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Development of translational functional imaging modalities for atherosclerosis risk stratification is sought for stroke prediction. Our group has developed late-phase contrast-enhanced ultrasound (LP-CEUS) to quantify microbubble contrast retention within carotid atherosclerosis and shown it to separate asymptomatic plaques from those responsible for recent cerebrovascular events. We hypothesized that microbubbles are retained in areas of plaque inflammation, aiming to examine whether LP-CEUS signal reflects plaque biology.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00392499 and 15244628
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Stroke (Ovid)
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs48320824
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.631200