Cohort profile: BIOVASC-late, a prospective multicentred study of imaging and blood biomarkers of carotid plaque inflammation and risk of late vascular recurrence after non-severe stroke in Ireland

Cohort profile: BIOVASC-late, a prospective multicentred study of imaging and blood biomarkers of carotid plaque inflammation and risk of late vascular recurrence after non-severe stroke in Ireland

Purpose Inflammation is important in stroke. Anti-inflammatory therapy reduces vascular events in coronary patients. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET) identifies plaque inflammation-related metabolism. However, long-term prospective cohort studies investigating the as...

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Main Authors: Sean Murphy, Simon Cronin, Sarah Coveney, Eamon Dolan, Tim Cassidy, John Joseph McCabe, Nicola Giannotti, Jonathan McNulty, Sean Collins, Mary Barry, Joseph Harbison, Gillian Horgan, Ciaran McDonnell, Eoin Kavanagh, Shane Foley, Martin O'Connell, Michael Marnane, Peter Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/7/e038607.full

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