Characterization of human atherosclerotic plaques by intravascular magnetic resonance imaging

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2324-2331

  Larose, Eric ^a   Yeghiazarians, Yerem ^a   Libby, Peter ^a   Yucel, E Kent ^a   Aikawa, Masanori ^a   Kacher, Daniel F ^a   Aikawa, Elena ^a   Kinlay, Scott ^a,b   Schoen, Frederick J ^a   Selwyn, Andrew P ^a   Ganz, Peter ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intravascular ultrasound; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 26844541664     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.538942     Document Type: Article

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