Recent developments and new perspectives on imaging of atherosclerotic plaque: Role of anatomical, cellular and molecular MRI Part i and II

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-445

  Te Boekhorst, Bernard C M ^a,b,d   Cramer, Maarten J ^a   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a   Van Echteld, Cees J A ^a,c   Doevendans, Pieter A F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d Division of Heart and Lungs   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Contrast agents; Magnetic resonance imaging; Molecular MRI

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; INTEGRIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LAMINAR FLOW; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 77951114635     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-009-9565-8     Document Type: Review

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