Screening for early-stage asymptomatic cancers (eg, cancers of breast and colon) to prevent
late-stage malignancies has been widely accepted. However, although atherosclerotic …

Contrast Ultrasound Imaging of the Carotid Artery Vasa Vasorum and Atherosclerotic Plaque
Neovascularization Steven B. Feinstein Cardiovascular disease is associated with the aging …

Background—Atherosclerotic lesions are predominantly observed in curved arteries and
near side branches, where low or oscillatory shear stress patterns occur, suggesting a …

Background and Purpose—MRI is able to quantify carotid plaque size and composition with
good accuracy and reproducibility and provides an opportunity to prospectively examine the …

Abstract STROKE IS THE third leading cause of death in the United States, constituting
approximately 700,000 cases each year, of which about 500,000 are first attacks and …

Purpose: To retrospectively determine if in vivo magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can
simultaneously depict differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the arterial wall has emerged as a viable technology
for characterizing atherosclerotic lesions in vivo, especially within carotid arteries and other …

Objective—Current imaging modalities of atherosclerosis mainly visualize plaque
morphology. Valuable insight into plaque biology was achieved by visualizing enhanced …

Background—Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors (TIMPs) play a central
role in arterial wall remodeling, affecting stability of fibrous caps covering atherosclerotic …

The ability to image obstructive arterial disease brought about a revolution in clinical
cardiovascular care; the development of newer technologies that image arterial wall …