Diagnosis of thin-cap fibroatheromas by a self-contained intravascular magnetic resonance imaging probe in ex vivo human aortas and in situ coronary arteries

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1961-1969

  Schneiderman, Jacob ^a,g   Wilensky, Robert L ^b,g   Weiss, Assaf ^c,g   Samouha, Eitzek ^c,g   Muchnik, Lev ^c,g   Chen Zion, Malca ^c,g   Ilovitch, Mordechay ^c,g   Golan, Erez ^c,g   Blank, Aharon ^c,g   Flugelman, Moshe ^d   Rozenman, Yosef ^e   Virmani, Renu ^f,g  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TopSpin Medical Israel   (Israel)

^d CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^g Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA; XANTHOMA;

AORTA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBROSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20444503436     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.09.080     Document Type: Article

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