Intravascular probe for detection of vulnerable plaque

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 131-138

  Janecek, Martin ^a   Patt, Bradley E ^b   Iwanczyk, Jan S ^b   MacDonald, Lawrence ^b   Yamaguchi, Yuko ^b   Strauss, H William ^c,d   Tsugita, Ross ^d   Ghazarossian, Vartan ^d   Hoffman, Edward J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Photon Imaging Inc   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Imetrx Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atheroma; Beta emitting isotope; Coronary artery disease; Imaging probe; Intraoperative probe; Nuclear medicine; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; INDIUM 113M; IODINE 131; PHOSPHORUS 32; RHENIUM 188; STRONTIUM; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 204; TRACER; TUNGSTEN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BETA RADIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTRON RADIATION; INCIDENCE; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SCINTILLATION PROBE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN DEATH; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

BETA RAYS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

ANGINA; THROMBUS;

EID: 2942659408     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mibio.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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