Early in vivo discrimination of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques that disrupt: A serial MRI study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 244, Issue , 2016, Pages 101-107

  Pham, Tuan A ^b   Hua, Ning ^a   Phinikaridou, Alkystis ^c   Killiany, Ronald ^a   Hamilton, James ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; MRI; Plaque progression; Plaque rupture; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA THROMBOSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE RUPTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND WHITE (RABBIT); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR REMODELING; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; RABBITS AND HARES;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RABBITS;

EID: 84947560078     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.11.013     Document Type: Article

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