Sentences with phrase «carotid mri»
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Among the individuals with prediabetes, fatty liver was the strongest determinant of increased carotid intima - media thickness, an early marker of atherosclerosis, followed by MRI - determined visceral obesity.
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«Carotid artery MRI helps predict likelihood of strokes, heart attacks.»
The researchers used ultrasound to assess carotid wall thickness and MRI to define carotid plaque composition and the remodeling index, a measure of changes in vessel size.
To study the predictive value of MRI plaque imaging, researchers performed carotid artery ultrasound and MRI on 946 asymptomatic patients from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Noninvasive imaging of carotid artery plaque with MRI can accurately predict future cardiovascular events like strokes and heart attacks in people without a history of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.
OAK BROOK, Ill. — Noninvasive imaging of carotid artery plaque with MRI can accurately predict future cardiovascular events like strokes and heart attacks in people without a history of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.
In October 2007, a partially blocked carotid artery in Kennedy's neck was discovered during a routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination.
An MRI revealed no sign of angiopathy in the carotid and vertebral arteries but did reveal evidence of deep white matter disease, demyelination and possible multiple sclerosis.
As my typing improves, I still can't get over seeing the damage to the left side of my brain in this MRI image following my carotid dissection and «minor» stroke.