Imaging atherosclerosis in HIV: Carotid intima-media thickness and beyond

Translational Research

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 127-139

  Longenecker, Chris T ^a,b   Hoit, Brian D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D; 2 dimensional; 3 D; 3 dimensional; antiretroviral therapy; ART; carotid intima media thickness; CIMT; computed tomography; computed tomography angiography; CT; CTA; FDG; flow mediated brachial artery dilation; FMD; intravascular ultrasound; IVUS; MACS; magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance imaging angiography; MRA; MRI; Multi center AIDS Cohort Study; OCT; optical coherence tomography; PET; PI; positron emission tomography; protease inhibitor; single photon emission computed tomography; SPECT; TCFA; thin capped fibroatheroma; ultrasmallsuperparamagnetic iron oxide; USPIO; WIHS; Women's Interagency HIV Study

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DILATATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR INFLAMMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CD4 CD8 RATIO; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPICARDIUM; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857277514     PISSN: 19315244     EISSN: 18781810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2011.10.007     Document Type: Review

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