Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0997
Eccentric Stenosis of the Carotid Artery Associated with Ipsilateral Cerebrovascular Events
T. Oharaa,
K. Toyodaa,
R. Otsuboa,
K. Nagatsukaa,
Y. Kubotab,
M. Yasakaa,
H. Naritomia and
K. Minematsua
a Cerebrovascular Division, Department of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
b Laboratory of Clinical Physiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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Fig 1. AEccentricity index = (A – B)/A. B–D, Examples of stenotic internal carotid arteries with eccentricity index values of 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9, respectively.
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