In vivo detection of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque by MRI in a rabbit model

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-332

  Phinikaridou, Alkystis ^a   Ruberg, Frederick L ^a   Hallock, Kevin J ^a   Qiao, Ye ^a   Hua, Ning ^a   Viereck, Jason ^a   Hamilton, James A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Gadolinium; MRI; Remodeling; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GADOLINIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GADOLINIUM DTPA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RABBITS;

EID: 77953634890     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.109.918524     Document Type: Article

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