Ultrasonic tissue characterization of collagen in lipid-rich plaques in apoE-deficient mice

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 289-295

  Saijo, Yoshifumi ^a,b   Jorgensen, Claus Schiott ^a   Falk, Erling ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Connective tissue; Histopathology; Lipid metabolism; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; LIPID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVALUATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; AORTA; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; LIPID METABOLISM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0034814074     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(01)00435-X     Document Type: Article

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