Clinical Imaging of the High-Risk or Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque Export

@article{citeulike:1986342, abstract = {The study of atherosclerotic disease during its natural history and after therapeutic intervention will enhance our understanding of disease progression and regression and aid in selecting appropriate treatments. Several invasive and noninvasive imaging techniques are available to assess atherosclerotic vessels. Most of the standard techniques identify luminal diameter, stenosis, wall thickness, and plaque volume; however, none can characterize plaque composition and therefore identify the high-risk plaques. We will present the different imaging modalities that have been used for the direct assessment of the carotid, aortic, and coronary atherosclerotic plaques. We will review in detail the use of high-resolution, multicontrast magnetic resonance for the noninvasive imaging of vulnerable plaques and the characterization of plaques in terms of their various components (ie, lipid, fibrous, calcium, or thrombus). 10.1161/hh1601.095596}, author = {Fayad, Z. A. and Fuster, V.}, citeulike-article-id = {1986342}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/hh1601.095596}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://circres.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/89/4/305}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11509446}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11509446}, day = {17}, doi = {10.1161/hh1601.095596}, journal = {Circ Res}, keywords = {artery, assessments, atherosclerosis, atherosclerotic, cardiology, cardiovascular, coronary, diagnosis, imaging, lesions, medicine, plaque, plaques, risk, screening, stratification, vulnerable, workups}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {305--316}, posted-at = {2007-11-26 13:27:41}, priority = {5}, title = {Clinical Imaging of the High-Risk or Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/hh1601.095596}, volume = {89}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1986342 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1986342 N2 - The study of atherosclerotic disease during its natural history and after therapeutic intervention will enhance our understanding of disease progression and regression and aid in selecting appropriate treatments. Several invasive and noninvasive imaging techniques are available to assess atherosclerotic vessels. Most of the standard techniques identify luminal diameter, stenosis, wall thickness, and plaque volume; however, none can characterize plaque composition and therefore identify the high-risk plaques. We will present the different imaging modalities that have been used for the direct assessment of the carotid, aortic, and coronary atherosclerotic plaques. We will review in detail the use of high-resolution, multicontrast magnetic resonance for the noninvasive imaging of vulnerable plaques and the characterization of plaques in terms of their various components (ie, lipid, fibrous, calcium, or thrombus). 10.1161/hh1601.095596 IS - 4 JF - Circ Res EP - 316 TI - Clinical Imaging of the High-Risk or Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque VL - 89 SP - 305 KW - artery KW - assessments KW - atherosclerosis KW - atherosclerotic KW - cardiology KW - cardiovascular KW - coronary KW - diagnosis KW - imaging KW - lesions KW - medicine KW - plaque KW - plaques KW - risk KW - screening KW - stratification KW - vulnerable KW - workups AU - Fayad, ZA AU - Fuster, V PY - 2001/08/17/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/hh1601.095596 ER -