MRI of early- and late-stage arterial remodeling in a low-level cholesterol-fed rabbit model of atherosclerosis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1010-1019

  Ronald, John A ^a,b   Walcarius, Rhonda ^b,c   Robinson, John F ^b   Hegele, Robert A ^a,b   Rutt, Brian K ^a,b   Rogers, Kem A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial remodeling; Low level cholesterol feeding; MRI; Rabbit model

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA INJURY; ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35148892418     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21113     Document Type: Article

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