Fractal analysis of plaque border, a novel method for the quantification of atherosclerotic plaque contour irregularity, is associated with pro-atherogenic plasma lipid profile in subjects with non-obstructive carotid stenoses

• Francesco Moroni ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: moroni.francesco@hsr.it

  Affiliation Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Vita-Salute University and San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6101-1403

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• Marco Magnoni,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Vita-Salute University and San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

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• Vittoria Vergani,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Vita-Salute University and San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

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• Enrico Ammirati,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliations Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Vita-Salute University and San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy, De Gasperis Cardio Center, Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy

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• Paolo G. Camici

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Vita-Salute University and San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

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