Ultrasonic Echolucent Carotid Plaques Predict Future Strokes
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- 3 July 2001
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 104 (1) , 68-73
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hc2601.091704
Abstract
Background—We tested prospectively the hypothesis that stroke development can be predicted by echolucency of carotid atherosclerotic plaques in previously symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Met...Keywords
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