Clinical Imaging of the High-Risk or Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque

Carotid-Artery Intima and Media Thickness as a Risk Factor for Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Older Adults

1999 • 4,631 citations

Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis

1995 • 3,566 citations

Compensatory Enlargement of Human Atherosclerotic Coronary Arteries

1987 • 3,549 citations

Coronary Plaque Disruption

1995 • 3,542 citations

Benefit of Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with Symptomatic Moderate or Severe Stenosis

1998 • 3,440 citations

Intimal plus medial thickness of the arterial wall: a direct measurement with ultrasound imaging.

1986 • 2,432 citations

Molecular Bases of the Acute Coronary Syndromes

1995 • 2,049 citations

Coronary Artery Calcium Area by Electron-Beam Computed Tomography and Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Area

1995 • 1,421 citations

In Vivo Endoscopic Optical Biopsy with Optical Coherence Tomography

1997 • 1,350 citations

INFLUENCE OF PLAQUE CONFIGURATION AND STRESS DISTRIBUTION ON FISSURING OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES

1989 • 1,249 citations

Macrophage infiltration in acute coronary syndromes. Implications for plaque rupture.

1994 • 1,125 citations

Our Preoccupation With Coronary Luminology

1995 • 1,109 citations

Coronary Artery Calcification: Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Imaging Methods, and Clinical Implications

1996 • 1,066 citations

Hemodynamics and atherosclerosis. Insights and perspectives gained from studies of human arteries.

1988 • 1,024 citations

Prevention Conference V

2000 • 941 citations

Investigation of Chronic Venous Insufficiency

2000 • 915 citations

Arterial Wall Thickness Is Associated With Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease in Middle-Aged Adults

1995 • 887 citations

Lewis A. Conner Memorial Lecture. Mechanisms leading to myocardial infarction: insights from studies of vascular biology.

1994 • 862 citations

Identification of Patients at Increased Risk of First Unheralded Acute Myocardial Infarction by Electron-Beam Computed Tomography

2000 • 842 citations

Intravascular Ultrasound

2001 • 828 citations

American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association expert consensus document on electron-beam computed tomography for the diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease

2000 • 812 citations

MR appearance of hemorrhage in the brain.

1993 • 720 citations

Effect of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors on Coronary Artery Disease as Assessed by Electron-Beam Computed Tomography

1998 • 697 citations

Magnetic Resonance Images Lipid, Fibrous, Calcified, Hemorrhagic, and Thrombotic Components of Human Atherosclerosis In Vivo

1996 • 671 citations

Tissue Factor Modulates the Thrombogenicity of Human Atherosclerotic Plaques

1997 • 612 citations

Visualization of Fibrous Cap Thickness and Rupture in Human Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque In Vivo With High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2000 • 609 citations

Noninvasive In Vivo Human Coronary Artery Lumen and Wall Imaging Using Black-Blood Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2000 • 585 citations

Kuopio Atherosclerosis Prevention Study (KAPS)

1995 • 557 citations

Optical Coherence Tomography for Optical Biopsy

1996 • 557 citations

Atherosclerotic Disease of the Aortic Arch as a Risk Factor for Recurrent Ischemic Stroke

1996 • 540 citations

Cardiac Imaging by Means of Electrocardiographically Gated Multisection Spiral CT: Initial Experience

2000 • 525 citations

American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Expert Consensus Document on Electron-Beam Computed Tomography for the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Coronary Artery Disease

2000 • 494 citations

Effects of Lipid-Lowering by Simvastatin on Human Atherosclerotic Lesions

2001 • 492 citations

Accumulation of activated mast cells in the shoulder region of human coronary atheroma, the predilection site of atheromatous rupture.

1994 • 445 citations

A Novel Site-Targeted Ultrasonic Contrast Agent With Broad Biomedical Application

1996 • 413 citations

Value of Electron-Beam Computed Tomography for the Noninvasive Detection of High-Grade Coronary-Artery Stenoses and Occlusions

1998 • 393 citations

Risk factors and atherosclerotic lesions. A review of autopsy studies.

1983 • 378 citations

Characterization of Plaque Components With Intravascular Ultrasound Elastography in Human Femoral and Coronary Arteries In Vitro

2000 • 377 citations

Thermal detection of cellular infiltrates in living atherosclerotic plaques: possible implications for plaque rupture and thrombosis

1996 • 369 citations

Structure-dependent dynamic mechanical behavior of fibrous caps from human atherosclerotic plaques.

1991 • 365 citations

Association of Coronary Disease With Segment-Specific Intimal-Medial Thickening of the Extracranial Carotid Artery

1995 • 349 citations

Noninvasive Coronary Vessel Wall and Plaque Imaging With Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2000 • 336 citations

Thermal Heterogeneity Within Human Atherosclerotic Coronary Arteries Detected In Vivo

1999 • 334 citations

In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Evaluation of Atherosclerotic Plaques in the Human Thoracic Aorta

2000 • 323 citations

The Diagnostic Accuracy of Ex Vivo MRI for Human Atherosclerotic Plaque Characterization

1999 • 320 citations

Measurement of Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaque Size In Vivo Using High Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging

1998 • 291 citations

Coronary Artery Calcium Measurement

2001 • 288 citations

Noninvasive Ultrasound Imaging of Inflammation Using Microbubbles Targeted to Activated Leukocytes

2000 • 286 citations

Acute coronary syndromes: biology

1999 • 280 citations

Aortic Plaque Morphology and Vascular Events

1997 • 273 citations

High resolution in vivo intra-arterial imaging with optical coherence tomography

1999 • 271 citations

Cross relaxation and spin diffusion in the proton NMR of hydrated collagen

1977 • 267 citations

B-Mode Ultrasound Assessment of Pravastatin Treatment Effect on Carotid and Femoral Artery Walls and Its Correlations With Coronary Arteriographic Findings: A Report of the Regression Growth Evaluation Statin Study (REGRESS)

1998 • 264 citations

Transesophageal echocardiographically detected atherosclerotic aortic plaque is a marker for coronary artery disease

1993 • 256 citations

Increased Carotid Artery Intimal-Medial Thickness in Asymptomatic Older Subjects With Exercise-Induced Myocardial Ischemia

1998 • 248 citations

High-resolution MRI characterization of human thrombus using a novel fibrin-targeted paramagnetic nanoparticle contrast agent

2000 • 239 citations

Aortic calcified plaques and cardiovascular disease (the Framingham study)

1990 • 236 citations

Noninvasive In Vivo High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Atherosclerotic Lesions in Genetically Engineered Mice

1998 • 226 citations

T ₂ -Weighted Contrast for NMR Characterization of Human Atherosclerosis

1995 • 219 citations

In vivo targeting of acoustically reflective liposomes for intravascular and transvascular ultrasonic enhancement

1999 • 217 citations

Serial magnetic resonance imaging of experimental atherosclerosis detects lesion fine structure, progression and complications in vivo

1995 • 207 citations

Atheromas of the thoracic aorta: clinical and therapeutic update

2000 • 204 citations

Relation of Coronary Artery Disease to Atherosclerotic Disease in the Aorta, Carotid, and Femoral Arteries Evaluated by Ultrasound

1997 • 198 citations

Prediction of acute coronary syndromes by percutaneous coronary angioscopy in patients with stable angina

1995 • 193 citations

Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis?

1995 • 190 citations

Imaging of Noncalcified Coronary Plaques Using Helical CT with Retrospective ECG Gating

2000 • 184 citations

Characterization of Atherosclerotic Plaques by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2000 • 183 citations

Angioscopic evaluation of atherosclerotic plaques: Validation by histomorphologic analysis and association with stable and unstable coronary syndromes

1996 • 181 citations

Intramural hematoma of the thoracic aorta: MR image findings and their prognostic implications.

1997 • 179 citations

Small lesions in the heart identified at electron beam CT: calcification or noise?

1994 • 165 citations

Surface coil phased arrays for high‐resolution imaging of the carotid arteries

1996 • 160 citations

Assessment of coronary plaque with optical coherence tomography and high-frequency ultrasound

2000 • 157 citations

Magnetic Resonance Angiography

1999 • 145 citations

Serial In Vivo MRI Documents Arterial Remodeling in Experimental Atherosclerosis

2000 • 136 citations

Atherosclerosis: imaging techniques and the evolving role of nuclear medicine.

1997 • 134 citations

Lipids of human atherosclerotic plaques and xanthomas: clues to the mechanism of plaque progression.

1983 • 127 citations

Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerotic disease.

1983 • 120 citations

Evaluation of NMR Imaging for Detection and Quantification of Obstructions in Vessels

1982 • 120 citations

Water Diffusion Properties of Human Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Measured by Pulse Field Gradient Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

1997 • 117 citations

Noninvasive In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Experimental Coronary Artery Lesions in a Porcine Model

2000 • 114 citations

High‐resolution MR imaging of human arteries

1995 • 112 citations

Atherosclerotic aortic component quantification by noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging: an in vivo study in rabbits

2001 • 110 citations

MRI of Rabbit Atherosclerosis in Response to Dietary Cholesterol Lowering

1999 • 104 citations

High resolution ex vivo magnetic resonance imaging of in situ coronary and aortic atherosclerotic plaque in a porcine model

2000 • 98 citations

On the nature and reduction of plaque‐mimicking flow artifacts in black blood MRI of the carotid bifurcation

1998 • 94 citations

Mechanisms and outcomes of angioplasty and atherectomy assessed by intravascular ultrasound imaging

1993 • 92 citations

Intravascular Ultrasound Combined With Raman Spectroscopy to Localize and Quantify Cholesterol and Calcium Salts in Atherosclerotic Coronary Arteries

2000 • 91 citations

Evaluation of the Aortic Root by MRI

1998 • 90 citations

Radiolabeled Native Low-Density Lipoprotein Injected Into Patients With Carotid Stenosis Accumulates in Macrophages of Atherosclerotic Plaque

2000 • 84 citations

Hypertension, vascular disease, and prevention

2001 • 77 citations

Characterization of atherosclerotic plaques at the carotid bifurcation: correlation of high-resolution MR imaging with histologic analysis--preliminary study.

1997 • 74 citations

Correlation of ultrasonic attenuation (30 to 50 MHz) and constituents of atherosclerotic plaque

1997 • 71 citations

High-resolution three-dimensional in vivo imaging of atherosclerotic plaque

1999 • 70 citations

High‐resolution ^H NMR spectral signature from human atheroma

1988 • 66 citations

Identification and 3-D quantification of atherosclerosis using magnetic resonance imaging

1988 • 65 citations

Morphologic and dynamic changes of atherosclerotic plaque at the carotid artery bifurcation: Sequential imaging by real time B-mode ultrasonography

1988 • 64 citations

An improved quadrature or phased‐array coil for MR cardiac imaging

1995 • 63 citations

Contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance angiography of carotid arterial wall in pigs

1997 • 63 citations

Optical imaging as an adjunct to sonograph in differentiating benign from malignant breast lesions

2000 • 62 citations

A New Noninvasive Technique for Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaque in the Aortic Arch of Stroke Patients by Transcutaneous Real-Time B-Mode Ultrasonography

1998 • 62 citations

Comparison of angioscopy, intravascular ultrasound imaging and quantitative coronary angiography in predicting clinical outcome after coronary intervention in high risk patients

1996 • 61 citations

Radiotracers for low density lipoprotein biodistribution studies in vivo: technetium-99m low density lipoprotein versus radioiodinated low density lipoprotein preparations.

1988 • 56 citations

13C-NMR spectroscopy of human atherosclerotic lesions. Relation between fatty acid saturation, cholesteryl ester content, and luminal obstruction.

1994 • 56 citations

High resolution magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerosis and the response to balloon angioplasty

2000 • 55 citations

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1999 • 54 citations

Absence of atherosclerotic lesions in the thoracic aorta indicates absence of significant coronary artery disease

1996 • 50 citations

Development of Echogenic, Plasmid-Incorporated, Tissue-Targeted Cationic Liposomes that Can Be Used for Directed Gene Delivery

2000 • 46 citations

Chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging of human atheroma.

1989 • 45 citations

Diagnostic Imaging of Thoracic Aortic Atherosclerosis

2000 • 41 citations

External Imaging of Atherosclerosis in Rabbits Using an ¹²³I‐Labeled Synthetic Peptide Fragment

1993 • 40 citations

Visibility of calcium on MR and CT: can MR show calcium that CT cannot?

1994 • 39 citations

Identification of Coronary Thrombus With a IIb/IIIa Platelet Inhibitor Radiopharmaceutical, Technetium-99m DMP-444

2000 • 37 citations

Comparison of angioscopic, intravascular ultrasonic, and angiographic detection of thrombus in coronary stenosis

1998 • 29 citations

Magnetization transfer characteristics in atherosclerotic plaque components assessed by adapted binomial preparation pulses

1998 • 23 citations

Magnetic resonance characteristics of intrapelvic haematomas

1995 • 18 citations

1999 Plenary Session: Friday Imaging Symposium

2000 • 6 citations

A century of cardiac arrhythmias in search of Jason's golden fleece*1

2000 • 3 citations

Severity of atherosclerotic lesions in ApoE-/- mice assessed by noninvasive in vivo high resolution magnetic resonance microscopy

2000 • 1 citations