Atherosclerosis

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Atherosclerosis

Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening

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Atherosclerosis of the descending aorta predicts cardiovascular events: a transesophageal echocardiography study. (Cardiovasc Ultrasound)

Brachial arterial stiffness predicts coronary atherosclerosis in patients at risk for cardiovascular diseases. (Jpn Heart J)

Clinical and ultrasonographic manifestations in major causes of common carotid artery occlusion. (J Neuroimaging. 2005)

Common carotid intima-media thickness is correlated with myocardial flow reserve in patients with coronary artery disease: a useful non-invasive indicator of coronary atherosclerosis. (Int J Cardiol)

Comparison of measurement of cross-sectional coronary atherosclerotic plaque and vessel areas by 16-slice multidetector computed tomography versus intravascular ultrasound. (Am J Cardiol)

Coronary artery calcium score combined with Framingham score for risk prediction in asymptomatic individuals. (JAMA)

Coronary artery disease: new insights and their implications for radiology. (Eur Radiol)

Coronary calcium screening and coronary risk stratification. (Curr Atheroscler Rep)

Coronary MR angiography: comparison of quantitative and qualitative data from four techniques. (AJR Am J Roentgenol)

Diagnostic accuracy of multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography in patients with angiographically proven coronary artery disease. (J Am Coll Cardiol)

Electron beam tomography as a non invasive method to monitor effectiveness of antiatherosclerotic therapy. (Curr Drug Targets Cardiovasc Haematol Disord)

Emerging, noninvasive surrogate markers of atherosclerosis. (Curr Atheroscler Rep)

Evolving role of positron emission tomography in the management of patients with inflammatory and other benign disorders. (Semin Nucl Med)

Imaging of coronary atherosclerosis using computed tomography: current status and future directions. (Curr Atheroscler Rep)

Interrelationship between non-invasive measurements of atherosclerosis: flow-mediated dilation of brachial artery, carotid intima-media thickness and pulse wave velocity. (Atherosclerosis)

Intravascular ultrasound assessment of atherosclerosis. (Curr Atheroscler Rep)

[Is the screening of asymptomatic carotid stenosis worthwhile?] (Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris))

Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in assessment of atherosclerotic plaque. (Curr Atheroscler Rep)

Measurement of abdominal fat by CT compared to waist circumference and BMI in explaining the presence of coronary calcium. (Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord)

Mild and moderate aortic stenosis. Natural history and risk stratification by echocardiography. (Eur Heart J)

Monocyte Count, But Not C-Reactive Protein or Interleukin-6, Is an Independent Risk Marker for Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis. (Stroke)

MRI of atherosclerosis. (J Magn Reson Imaging)

Non-invasive assessment of atherosclerosis risk. (Curr Drug Targets Cardiovasc Haematol Disord)

Non-invasive evaluation of atherosclerosis with contrast enhanced 16 slice spiral computed tomography: results of ex vivo investigations. (Heart)

Peripheral vascular endothelial function testing for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. (Am Heart J)

Predictive value of noninvasive measures of atherosclerosis for incident myocardial infarction: the Rotterdam Study. (Circulation)

Relation of coronary calcium scores by electron beam tomography to obstructive disease in 2,115 symptomatic patients. (Am J Cardiol)

Relationship between carotid artery stiffness and retinal arteriolar narrowing in healthy middle-aged persons. (Stroke)

The role of electron beam computed tomography for measuring coronary artery atherosclerosis. (Curr Diab Rep)

[The role of ultrasonography of the peripheral arteries in diagnosing coronary artery disease] (Pol Arch Med Wewn)

Tracking regression and progression of atherosclerosis in human carotid arteries using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging. (Magn Reson Imaging)

Ultrasound and arterial wall disease. (Cerebrovasc Dis)

Using MRI to assess aortic wall thickness in the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis: distribution by race, sex, and age. (AJR Am J Roentgenol)

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