Functional Imaging of Atherosclerosis to Advance Vascular Biology

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 728-734

  Sakalihasan, N ^a   Michel, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysms; Atherosclerosis; MRI; PET scanning

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVBETA5 INTEGRIN; APCITIDE TC 99 M; APROTININ; APROTININ TC 99 M; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEMOSIDERIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IRON; LACTADHERIN; LIPOCORTIN 5; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRIN FORMATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN ABSCESS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67349154476     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.12.024     Document Type: Review

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