Expansive carotid artery remodeling: possible marker of vulnerable plaque.

CONCLUSIONS: Carotid ER might be an independent indicator of carotid vulnerable plaque, which should be validated in a longitudinal study of patients with carotid atherosclerosis, including those with nonstenotic to moderate stenosis.
PMID: 31585432 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - October 3, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Yoshida K, Yang T, Yamamoto Y, Kurosaki Y, Funaki T, Kikuchi T, Ishii A, Kataoka H, Miyamoto S Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research