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15534061

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-9
pubmed:abstractText
Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease that affects most major arteries of the body and is the most common cause of premature death in the western world. It develops slowly and often asymptomatically, so that for many patients its first manifestation is sudden cardiac death, stroke, or myocardial infarction. The current gold standard for imaging atherosclerosis is x-ray angiography. However, recent advances in understanding of the pathobiology of atherosclerosis have highlighted the inadequacies of this technique and the need for better imaging approaches. The purpose of this article is to briefly outline the biology of atherosclerosis and to review the techniques available to image it, concentrating specifically on those that detect metabolic or inflammatory changes within the atherosclerotic plaque.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0161-5505
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1898-907
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular and metabolic imaging of atherosclerosis.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't