Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and the enigma of plaque neovascularization

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1273-1275

  Caplice, Noel M ^a   Martin, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

contrast enhancement; plaque angiogenesis; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASA VASORUM;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 78650274101     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.11.005     Document Type: Editorial

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