Atherosclerotic Lesions Rich in Macrophages or Smooth Muscle Cells Discriminated in Rabbit Iliac Arteries Based on T1 Relaxation Time and Lipid Content

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-238

  Kuroiwa, Yasuyoshi ^a,b,c   Yamashita, Atsushi ^b   Miyati, Tosiaki ^c   Furukoji, Eiji ^b   Takahashi, Misaki ^b   Azuma, Toshiya ^b,c   Sugimura, Hiroshi ^b   Tamura, Shozo ^b   Kawai, Keiichi ^c,d   Asada, Yujiro ^b  

^a Koga General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; macrophage; Magnetic resonance imaging; smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BALLOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIET; HISTOLOGY; ILIAC ARTERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RELAXATION TIME; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STENOSIS;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; LIPIDS; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RABBITS;

EID: 73049112336     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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