Positive Remodeling of the Coronary Arteries Detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in an Asymptomatic Population

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 53; no. 18; pp. 1708 - 1715
• Main Authors: Miao, Cuilian, MD, Chen, Shaoguang, MS, Macedo, Robson, MD, Lai, Shenghan, MD, Liu, Kiang, MD, Li, Debiao, PhD, Wasserman, Bruce A., MD, Vogel-Clausen, Jens, MD, Lima, João A.C., MD, Bluemke, David A., MD, PhD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 05.05.2009; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Cardiology; Cardiovascular; Cholesterol; coronary artery disease; Coronary vessels; Internal Medicine; magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; plaque; subclinical atherosclerosis; United States > US; Baltimore Maryland; Chicago Illinois; coronary artery disease; LM; magnetic resonance imaging; plaque; coronary artery calcium; MRI; left anterior descending coronary artery; LV; subclinical atherosclerosis; magnetic resonance angiogram; multidetector computed tomography; left ventricle/ventricular; 3-dimensional; computed tomography; CAC; CAD; MDCT; LAD; right coronary artery; 3D; CT; IMT; intima-media thickness; RCA; left main coronary artery; magnetic resonance image/imaging; MRA

Objectives The purpose of this study was to assess coronary arterial remodeling as a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis using coronary wall magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in an asymptomatic population-based cohort. Background In early atherosclerosis, compensatory enlargement of both the outer...