Contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging of the vasa vasorum: From early atherosclerosis to the identification of unstable plaques

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 761-771

  Staub, Daniel ^a,b   Schinkel, Arend F L ^a,c   Coll, Blai ^d   Coli, Stefano ^e   Van Der Steen, Antonius F W ^c,f   Reed, Jess D ^g   Krueger, Christian ^g   Thomenius, Kai E ^h   Adam, Dan ⁱ   Sijbrands, Eric J ^c   Ten Cate, Folkert J ^c   Feinstein, Steven B ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; contrast enhanced ultrasound; surrogate marker; vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MICROBUBBLE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND; VASA VASORUM; ANIMAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RUPTURE; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956641398     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.02.007     Document Type: Review

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