High resolution magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerosis and the response to balloon angioplasty

Heart

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 188-191

  Coulden, R A ^a   Moss, H ^a   Graves, M J ^b   Lomas, D J ^b   Appleton, D S ^a   Weissberg, P L ^c  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Atherosclerosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034124660     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.83.2.188     Document Type: Article

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