Structural and Molecular Imaging of Vulnerable Plaques

Farouc A. Jaffer, Jagat Narula

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCardiac CT, PET and MR
Subtitle of host publicationSecond Edition
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages354-367
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9781405185530
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carotid plaque MRI-detected intraplaque hemorrhage - associated with rapid plaque progression on follow-up MRI
  • Imaging of plaque apoptosis burden
  • Macrophages, key inflammatory cell in atherosclerosis
  • Molecular imaging targets, characterizing vulnerable plaques - including macrophages and associated inflammatory proteases
  • Noninvasive CT of plaque macrophages
  • Plaque vascularity and adventitial vasa vasorum imaging
  • Structural MRI of high-risk coronary arterial plaques
  • Structural and molecular imaging - of vulnerable plaques
  • Structural coronary CT imaging - of high-risk plaques
  • Structural imaging of high-risk plaques

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