Molecular imaging of atherosclerosis: A progress report

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-327

  Libby, Peter ^a   Nahrendorf, Matthias ^b   Weissleder, Ralph ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; AUTACOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL ADHESION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955382686     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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