Targeting the vulnerable plaque: The evolving role of nuclear imaging

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 234-246

  Davies, John R ^a   Rudd, James F ^a   Fryer, Tim D ^a   Weissberg, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; FIBRIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; INDIUM 111; IODINE 123; IODINE 125; IODINE 131; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TRACER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID TRANSPORT; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOSIS; THROMBUS;

EID: 16244406858     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2005.01.008     Document Type: Review

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