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Contrast enhancement by differently sized paramagnetic MRI contrast agents in mice with two phenotypes of atherosclerotic plaque.
Contrast media & molecular imaging - 1 Jan 2000
van Bochove Glenda S, Paulis Leonie E M, Segers Dolf, Mulder Willem J M, Krams Rob, Nicolay Klaas, Strijkers Gustav J
Abstract excerpt
Interest in the use of contrast-enhanced MRI to enable in vivo specific characterization of atherosclerotic plaques is increasing. In this study the intrinsic ability of three differently sized gadolinium-based contrast agents to permeate different mouse plaque phenotypes was evaluated with MRI. A tapered cast was implanted around the right carotid artery of apoE(-/-) mice to induce two different plaque...
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