Short term arterial remodelling in the aortae of cholesterol fed New Zealand white rabbits shown in vivo by high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging - Implications for human pathology

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Hegyi, Laszlo ^a,f   Hockings, Paul D ^e,g   Benson, G Martin ^e   Busza, Albert L ^e   Overend, Philip ^e   Grimsditch, David C ^e   Burton, Katherine J ^d   Lloyd, Heather ^d   Whelan, Greg A ^d   Skepper, Jeremy N ^b   Vidgeon Hart, Martin P ^e   Carpenter, T Adrian ^c   Reid, David G ^e   Suckling, Keith E ^e   Weissberg, Peter L ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b Multi Imaging Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d GlaxoSmithkline   (United Kingdom)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^f HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal models of human disease; Atherosclerosis; Imaging; MRI; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA BALLOON; AORTA INJURY; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEART; HEART PERFUSION; HEART VOLUME; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; NEW ZEALAND; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION PRESSURE; RABBIT; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THICKNESS;

EID: 7044255076     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033745     Document Type: Article

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