Magnetic resonance of carotid artery ageing in healthy subjects

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 168-173

  Keenan, Niall G ^a   Locca, Didier ^a   Varghese, Anitha ^a   Roughton, Michael ^a   Gatehouse, Peter D ^a   Hooper, James ^a   Firmin, David N ^a   Pennell, Dudley J ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 67349156634     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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