Reduction in arterial wall strain with aggressive lipid-lowering therapy in patients with carotid artery disease

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1346-9843

  Li, Zhi Yong ^a   Tang, Tjun Y ^a,b   Jiang, Fan ^c   Zhang, Yun ^c   Gillard, Jonathan H ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Inflammation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque vulnerability; Ultrasmall super paramagnetic particles of iron oxide

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DEXTRAN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FERUMOXTRAN 10; FERUMOXTRAN-10; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHINA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEXTRANS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRROLES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957671996     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-1210     Document Type: Article

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