Thermal detection of vulnerable plaque

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 10 SUPPL. 3, 2002, Pages L36-L39

  Madjid, Mohammad ^a   Naghavi, Morteza ^a   Malik, Basit A ^a   Litovsky, Silvio ^a   Willerson, James T ^a   Casscells, Ward ^b  

^a TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MSB 1254 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; LIPID;

AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; CATHETER; CELL DENSITY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY; DOG; HEAT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RESEARCH; RISK; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037153089     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02962-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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