Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in carotid atherosclerotic disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Dong, Li ^a   Kerwin, William S ^a   Ferguson, Marina S ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Wang, Jinnan ^b   Chen, Huijun ^a   Canton, Gador ^a   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^a   Yuan, Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; LIPID;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FIBROSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFLAMMATION; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77649203199     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-11-53     Document Type: Review

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