Cross-sectional, prospective study of MRI reproducibility in the assessment of plaque burden of the carotid arteries and aorta

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-228

  Aidi, Hamza El ^a   Mani, Venkatesh ^a   Weinshelbaum, Karen B ^a   Aguiar, Silvia H ^a   Taniguchi, Hiroaki ^a   Postley, John E ^b   Samber, Daniel D ^a   Cohen, Emil I ^a   Stern, Jessica ^a   van der Geest, Rob J ^c   Reiber, Johan H C ^c   Woodward, Mark ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^a   Gidding, Samuel S ^d   Fayad, Zahi A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACIC AORTA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61449188941     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio1444     Document Type: Article

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