Molecular imaging in atherosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular inflammation

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 983-991

  Choudhury, Robin P ^a,c   Fisher, Edward A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Molecular imaging

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CXCL16 CHEMOKINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR 1; PADGEM PROTEIN; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE LIBRARY;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGE DISPLAY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PEPTIDE LIBRARY;

EID: 67650284730     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.165498     Document Type: Review

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