In vivo assessment of wall shear stress in the atherosclerotic aorta using flow-sensitive 4D MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1529-1536

  Harloff, Andreas ^a   Nußbaumer, Andrea ^a   Bauer, Simon ^a   Stalder, Aurélien F ^a   Frydrychowicz, Alex ^a   Weiller, Cornelius ^a   Hennig, Jürgen ^a   Markl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Flow; MRI; Plaque; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHEAR FLOW;

AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FLOW; PLAQUE; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

SHEAR STRESS;

ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROMA; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; SHEAR STRESS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHEAR STRENGTH; STANDARD; YOUNG ADULT;

AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952690199     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22383     Document Type: Article

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