Quantification of carotid plaque lipid content with magnetic resonance T2 mapping in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy.

Quantification of carotid plaque lipid content with magnetic resonance T2 mapping in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy.

<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Techniques to stratify subgroups of patients with asymptomatic carotid artery disease are urgently needed to guide decisions on optimal treatment. Reliance on estimates of % luminal stenosis has not been effective, perhaps because that approach entirely dis...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Alkhalil, Luca Biasiolli, Joshua T Chai, Francesca Galassi, Linqing Li, Christopher Darby, Alison Halliday, Linda Hands, Timothy Magee, Jeremy Perkins, Ed Sideso, Peter Jezzard, Matthew D Robson, Ashok Handa, Robin P Choudhury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181668

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