Clinical imaging of the high-risk or vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque

Circulation Research

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 305-316

  Fayad, Z A ^a   Fuster, V ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Lipid lowering; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIPID;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBUS;

EID: 0035903242     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hh1601.095596     Document Type: Review

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