Measurement of atherosclerotic plaque volume in hyperlipidemic rabbit aorta by intravascular ultrasound

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 229-234

  Iwata, Atsushi ^a   Miura, Shin Ichiro ^a   Imaizumi, Satoshi ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Saku, Keijiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis (plaque volume); Experimental medicine (rabbits); Intravascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; WATANABE HERITABLE HYPERLIPIDEMIC RABBIT; ANIMAL; ARTERY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; RABBITS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 38449099931     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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