Can Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Assess Inflammation of the Coronary Wall?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-591

  Li, Debiao ^a   Fayad, Zahi A ^b   Bluemke, David A ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; cardiac magnetic resonance; contrast enhanced imaging; coronary arteries; inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549148154     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.03.006     Document Type: Editorial

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