Atherosclerotic Plaque Imaging: The Last Frontier for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 916-918

  Kramer, Christopher M ^a   Narula, Jagat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FIBROSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RUPTURE; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 67650104817     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.05.002     Document Type: Editorial

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