Visualization of coronary wall atherosclerosis in asymptomatic subjects and patients with coronary artery disease using magnetic resonance imaging

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Gerretsen, Suzanne C ^a,b   Kooi, M Eline ^a,b   Kessels, Alfons G ^a   Schalla, Simon ^a,b   Katoh, Marcus ^c   van der Geest, Rob J ^d   Manning, Warren J ^e   Waltenberger, Johannes ^a,b   van Engelshoven, Jos M A ^a,b   Botnar, Rene M ^f   Leiner, Tim ^a,b,g  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ANGINA;

EID: 77958606297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012998     Document Type: Article

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