… Delayed Enhancement of the Contrast Media In this study, we focused on plaque stability
because fibrous components are stabilizing features of atherosclerotic plaques, and therefore …

… conventionally and with contrast enhancement. In this study, plaque stability was assessed
using conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and histopathological …

… lesion, plaque cap thinning and ulceration, and abnormal plaque motion. Plaque stability
may be … is believed to depend on enhanced matrix breakdown through degrading matrix …

… identified the plaque stability based on MSCT parameters of the plaque … enhancement on
CCTA, but only 4% of plaques without a thin fibrous cap presenting as a ring like enhancement …

… plaque. We investigated a difference in dynamic enhancement pattern of coronary plaque
between stable … Hypothesis & Methods: We analyzed 106 coronary plaque segments in 38 …

… To our knowledge, this is the first in vivo study to distinguish features of culprit plaques from
those of stable intracranial plaques with 3D high-spatial-resolution BB MR imaging, thereby …

… T-cell expansion in unstable coronary plaques compared with stable plaques 49,76 … Another
important but still elusive target in order to promote plaque stabilization is enhancement of …

… Whole-body quantitative assessment of these plaque features may … -M (GdF) for staging
plaque stability and compared this to the … of GdF-enhanced MRI to report on plaque stability, and …

… plaque enhancement, and as a stable symptomatic plaque otherwise. Cerebral infarction …
plaque burden and plaque stability, which may determine the infarction pattern. The vulnerable …

… trials is that lipid-lowering alters intimal plaque stability in an endothelium-independent
manner. … Unfortunately, enhancement of matrix synthesis may lead to increased plaque growth, …