Improved characterization of atherosclerotic plaques by gadolinium contrast during intravascular magnetic resonance imaging of human arteries

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 919-925

  Larose, Eric ^a   Kinlay, Scott ^a,b   Selwyn, Andrew P ^a   Yeghiazarians, Yerem ^a   Yucel, E Kent ^a   Kacher, Daniel F ^a   Libby, Peter ^a   Ganz, Peter ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis pathophysiology; Cardiovascular imaging agents techniques; Diagnostic testing CT and MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; PENTETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 38349151582     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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