Characterization of aortic root atherosclerosis in ApoE knockout mice: High-resolution in vivo and ex vivo MRM with histological correlation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 381-385

  Itskovich, V V ^a   Choudhury, R P ^b   Aguinaldo, J G S ^a   Fallon, J T ^a   Omerhodzic, S ^a   Fisher, E A ^a   Fayad, Z A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; ApoE; Atherosclerosis; Magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM); Mice

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMALS; TISSUE;

AORTA; APOE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MICROSCOPY; MICE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA ROOT; AORTA WALL; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THICKNESS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 12244249203     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10360     Document Type: Article

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