Feasibility of targeting atherosclerotic plaques by high-intensity-focused ultrasound: An in vivo study

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1880-1887.e2

  Shehata, Islam A ^a,c   Ballard, John R ^a   Casper, Andrew J ^a   Liu, Dalong ^a   Mitchell, Troutman ^b   Ebbini, Emad S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b American Preclinical Services   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWINE;

H&E; HEMATOXYLIN AND EOSIN;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMORAL ARTERY; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SWINE;

EID: 84888262108     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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