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Characteristics of carotid atherosclerotic plaques of chronic lipid apheresis patients as assessed by in vivo high-resolution CMR--a comparative analysis.
Grimm, JM; Nikolaou, K; Schindler, A; Hettich, R; Heigl, F; Cyran, CC; Schwarz, F; Klingel, R; Karpinska, A; Yuan, C; Dichgans, M; Reiser, MF; Saam, T;
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2012; 14:80
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PMU-Autor/inn/en

Grimm Jochen

Abstract

Components of carotid atherosclerotic plaques can reliably be identified and quantified using high resolution in vivo 3-Tesla CMR. It is suspected that lipid apheresis therapy in addition to lowering serum lipid levels also has an influence on development and progression of atherosclerotic plaques. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of chronic lipid apheresis (LA) on the composition of atherosclerotic carotid plaques.

Useful keywords (using NLM MeSH Indexing)

Aged

Aged, 80 and over

Blood Component Removal/methods*

Carotid Arteries/pathology*

Carotid Artery Diseases/diagnosis*

Carotid Artery Diseases/etiology

Carotid Artery Diseases/pathology

Carotid Stenosis/diagnosis

Carotid Stenosis/pathology

Case-Control Studies

Contrast Media

Cross-Sectional Studies

Disease Progression

Dyslipidemias/blood

Dyslipidemias/complications

Dyslipidemias/therapy*

Female

Humans

Lipids/blood*

Magnetic Resonance Imaging*

Male

Middle Aged

Organometallic Compounds

Plaque, Atherosclerotic*

Predictive Value of Tests

Prospective Studies

Risk Factors

Time Factors

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Atherosclerosis
Lipid apheresis
Cardiovascular MR
Plaque imaging
Stroke
Cardiovascular disease