What Will Noninvasive Carotid Atherosclerosis Imaging Show Us About High-Risk Coronary Plaques?

The true value of using the carotid artery as a surrogate of coronary artery disease may lie in linking the specific high-risk atherosclerotic lesions or lesion features in the 2 vascular beds. [...]what is even more exciting is that the study has been conducted through noninvasive imaging, and thus...

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Published inJournal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 423 - 425
Main Authors Yuan, Chun, PhD, Polissar, Nayak L., PhD, Hatsukami, Thomas S., MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 19.07.2011
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Atherosclerosis
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular disease
carotid artery
Carotid Artery Diseases - diagnosis
Carotid Artery Diseases - epidemiology
coronary artery disease
Coronary Artery Disease - diagnosis
Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology
Coronary Artery Disease - etiology
Coronary vessels
Heart attacks
Hemorrhage
Humans
Internal Medicine
magnetic resonance imaging
Medical imaging
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Plaque, Atherosclerotic - complications
Plaque, Atherosclerotic - diagnosis
prognosis
Risk Factors
Studies
coronary artery disease
magnetic resonance imaging
carotid artery
prognosis
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Summary:The true value of using the carotid artery as a surrogate of coronary artery disease may lie in linking the specific high-risk atherosclerotic lesions or lesion features in the 2 vascular beds. [...]what is even more exciting is that the study has been conducted through noninvasive imaging, and thus offers the potential to examine the changes in these lesions over time.
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ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2011.02.061