Rupture of nonstenotic carotid plaque as a cause of ischemic stroke evidenced by multimodality imaging

Circulation. 2014 Jan 7;129(1):130-1. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000467.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Ischemia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Ischemia / etiology
  • Brain Ischemia / pathology*
  • Cardiac Imaging Techniques
  • Carotid Stenosis / complications
  • Carotid Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carotid Stenosis / pathology*
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Echocardiography
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / etiology
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / pathology*
  • Rupture, Spontaneous