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Assessment of neovascularization within carotid plaques in patients with ischemic stroke
Pin-Tong Huang, Cheng-Chun Chen, Xiao-Tong Wang, Si-Yan Li, Fu-Guang Huang, Department of Ultrasonography, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325027, Zhejiang Province, China
Wilbert S Aronow, Division of Cardiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, United States
Chandra K Nair, Xuedong Shen, Cardiac Center of Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68131, United States
David Cosgrove, Department of Imaging Sciences, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12ONN, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Huang PT, Chen CC, Wang XT, Li SY, Huang FG and Cosgrove D collected the data and performed the evaluations; Huang PT performed the statistical analysis; all authors interpreted the data, wrote the paper and revised the paper.
Supported by The Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province, No. 2008C33012 and Zhejiang Nature Science Foundation, No. Y2080718
Correspondence to: Wilbert S Aronow, MD, FACC, FAHA, Division of Cardiology, New York Medical College, Macy Pavilion, Room 138, Valhalla, NY 10595, United States. wsaronow@aol.com
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Received: February 21, 2010
Revised: March 5, 2010
Accepted: March 12, 2010
Published online: April 26, 2010
Revised: March 5, 2010
Accepted: March 12, 2010
Published online: April 26, 2010
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