Quantification of plaque neovascularization using contrast ultrasound: A histologic validation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 646-653

  Moguillansky, Diego ^a   Leng, Xiaoping ^b   Carson, Andrew ^a   Lavery, Linda ^a   Schwartz, Abigail ^a   Chen, Xucai ^a   Villanueva, Flordeliza S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Contrast media; Plaque; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST ULTRASOUND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID DIET; MICROVASCULATURE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASA VASORUM;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMORAL ARTERY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RABBITS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 79952334440     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq197     Document Type: Article

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