Magnetic resonance images lipid, fibrous, calcified, hemorrhagic, and thrombotic components of human atherosclerosis in vivo

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 932-938

  Toussaint, Jean François ^a,b,c   LaMuraglia, Glenn M ^c   Southern, James F ^c   Fuster, Valentin ^d   Kantor, Howard L ^c  

^a université Paris Cité   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid arteries; fibrous cap; lipids; magnetic resonance imaging; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING TIME; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOGENICITY; THROMBOSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029809781     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.5.932     Document Type: Article

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