Correlation of carotid atheromatous plaque inflammation with biomechanical stress: Utility of USPIO enhanced MR imaging and finite element analysis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 879-887

  Tang, T Y ^a   Howarth, S P S ^a   Li, Z Y ^a   Miller, S R ^b   Graves, M J ^a   U King Im, J M ^a   Trivedi, R A ^a   Walsh, S R ^a   Brown, A P ^b   Kirkpatrick, P J ^a   Gaunt, M E ^a   Gillard, J H ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid stenosis; Finite element analysis; Inflammation; MRI; USPIO

Indexed keywords

ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 38349192813     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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