Detection of high-risk atherosclerotic plaques by magnetic resonance imaging

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1975-1983

  Noguchi, Teruo ^a   Yamada, Naoaki ^a   Kawasaki, Tomohiro ^b   Tanaka, Atsushi ^c   Yasuda, Satoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b Shin Koga Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery; Imaging; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84880828494     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-13-0651     Document Type: Review

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