MRI and NMR spectroscopy of the lipids of atherosclerotic plaque in rabbits and humans

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-26

  Trouard, Theodore P ^a,c   Altbach, Maria I ^a   Hunter, Glenn C ^b   Eskelson, Cleamond D ^b   Gmitro, Arthur F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Lipids; MRI; NMR; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASES; ESTERS; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VEGETABLE OILS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; HUMAN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL TEMPERATURE; POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION; RABBITS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; CHOLESTEROL OLEATE; LINOLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RABBIT;

EID: 0030849708     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380105     Document Type: Article

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