In-vivo imaging of carotid plaque neoangiogenesis with contrast-enhanced harmonic ultrasound

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Papaioannou, Theodore G ^a   Vavuranakis, Manolis ^a   Androulakis, Aristides ^b   Lazaros, George ^a   Kakadiaris, Ioannis ^c   Vlaseros, Ioannis ^b   Naghavi, Morteza ^d   Kallikazaros, Ioannis ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a Medical School   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d Association for Eradication of Heart Attack   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmonic ultrasound; Microbubbles; Neoangiogenesis; Vasa vasorum; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VASA VASORUM;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 67349267851     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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