Imaging of atherosclerosis: Magnetic resonance imaging

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1709-1719

  Corti, Roberto ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Imaging; Magnetic resonance; Plaques; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; COLESTIPOL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA AGONIST; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; THROMBOXANE A2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RABBITS; SWINE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79960541755     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr068     Document Type: Article

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