Non-invasive MR imaging of inflammation in a patient with both asymptomatic carotid atheroma and an abdominal aortic aneurysm: a case report

Inflammation is a recognized risk factor for the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque. USPIO-enhanced MRI imaging is a promising non-invasive method to identify high-risk atheromatous plaque inflammation in vivo in humans, in which areas of focal signal loss on MR images have been shown to correspond t...

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Autores principales: Howarth, Simon PS, Tang, Tjun Y, Graves, Martin J, U-King-Im, Jean-Marie, Li, Zhi-Yong, Walsh, Stewart R, Gaunt, Michael E, Gillard, Jonathan H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1839766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17411449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-1164-1-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1839766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17411449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-1164-1-4

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