A rabbit model of atherosclerosis at carotid artery: MRI visualization and histopathological characterization

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2174-2181

  Ma, Zhan Long ^a   Teng, Gao Jun ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Zhang, Hong Ying ^a   Cao, Ai Hong ^a   Ni, Yicheng ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Histology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BALLOON CATHETER; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIPID DIET; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RABBITS;

EID: 52049121527     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-0978-x     Document Type: Article

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