Elasticity imaging of atheroma with transcutaneous ultrasound: Preliminary study

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 3018-3021

  Kanai, Hiroshi ^a   Hasegawa, Hideyuki ^a   Ichiki, Masataka ^b   Tezuka, Fumiaki ^c   Koiwa, Yoshiro ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sendai Hosp of East Railway Company   (Japan)

^c SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Elasticity; Plaque; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; ILIAC ARTERY; LIPIDS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0037662871     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000078633.31922.8A     Document Type: Article

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