Clinically unrecognized myocardial infarction detected at MR imaging may not be associated with atherosclerosis

Radiology

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-110

  Barbier, Charlotte Ebeling ^a   Bjerner, Tomas ^a   Hansen, Tomas ^a   Andersson, Jessika ^a   Lind, Lars ^a,b   Hulthe, Johannes ^b   Johansson, Lars ^a,b   Ahlström, Håkan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM;

AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 34548699938     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2451061664     Document Type: Article

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