Longitudinal common carotid artery wall motion is associated with plaque burden in man and mouse

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-124

  Svedlund, Sara ^a,b   Gan, Li ming ^a,b,c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Common carotid artery; Longitudinal arterial movement; Mouse; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY WALL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79960242548     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.02.046     Document Type: Article

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