MRI of coronary artery atherosclerosis in rabbits: Histopathology-MRI correlation and atheroma characterization

Thrombosis Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Sharma, Rakesh ^a   Singh, Ram B ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Medical Hospital and Research Center Moradabad   (India)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary; MRI; Plaque; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MODEL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RABBIT; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBUS;

EID: 4344618735     PISSN: 14779560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-9560-2-5     Document Type: Article

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