Elastin and calcium rather than collagen or lipid content are associated with echogenicity of human carotid plaques.

• Author: Isabel Goncalves; Marie Lindholm; Luis M Pedro; Nuno Dias; José Fernandes e Fernandes; Gunilla Nordin Fredrikson; Jan Nilsson; Jonatan Moses; Mikko Ares
• Department/s: Cardiovascular Research - Translational Studies; Cardiovascular Research - Immunity and Atherosclerosis; Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö
• Publishing year: 2004
• Language: English
• Pages: 2795-2800
• Publication/Series: Stroke: a journal of cerebral circulation
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 12
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15514195&dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.0000147038.12073.59
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: American Heart Association
• Topic: Neurology
• Status: Published
• Research group: Cardiovascular Research - Translational Studies; Cardiovascular Research - Immunity and Atherosclerosis
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1524-4628