Analysis of contrast-enhanced intravascular ultrasound images for the assessment of coronary plaque neoangiogenesis: Another step closer to the identification of the vulnerable plaque

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2207-2213

  Ruiz, E G Mendizabal ^a   Papaioannou, Theodore G ^b   Vavuranakis, Manolis ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b   Naghavi, Morteza ^c   Kakadiaris, Ioannis A ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c Association for Eradication of Heart Attack   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Contrast enhanced ivus; Ultrasound contrast agent; Vasa vasorum; Vulnerable plaque; Vv density

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASA VASORUM;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 84860171618     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161212800099919     Document Type: Review

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