Intravascular magnetic resonance imaging of aortic atherosclerotic plaque composition

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3626-3632

  Correia, Luis C L ^a,b   Atalar, Ergin ^a   Kelemen, Mark D ^a   Ocali, Ogan ^a   Hutchins, Grover M ^a   Fleg, Jerome L ^b   Gerstenblith, Gary ^a   Zerhouni, Elias A ^a   Lima, Joao A C ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Human aorta; Intravascular magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031440698     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.12.3626     Document Type: Article

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