Diagnostic Imaging of Thoracic Aortic Atherosclerosis

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

1995 • 1,421 citations

Risk of thrombosis in human atherosclerotic plaques: role of extracellular lipid, macrophage, and smooth muscle cell content.

1993 • 1,132 citations

Arterial Calcification and Not Lumen Stenosis Is Highly Correlated With Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden in Humans: A Histologic Study of 723 Coronary Artery Segments Using Nondecalcifying Methodology

1998 • 997 citations

Atherosclerotic Disease of the Aortic Arch and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke

1994 • 983 citations

Infarcts of undetermined cause: The NINCDS stroke data bank

1989 • 770 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

The Prevalence of Ulcerated Plaques in the Aortic Arch in Patients with Stroke

1992 • 556 citations

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

1996 • 540 citations

Transesophageal Echocardiographic Correlates of Thromboembolism in High-Risk Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

1998 • 494 citations

Joint study of extracranial arterial occlusion. II. Arteriography, techniques, sites, and complications

1968 • 490 citations

Protruding aortic atheromas predict stroke in elderly patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass: Experience with intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography

1992 • 487 citations

Recognition and embolic potential of intraaortic atherosclerotic debris

1991 • 444 citations

Reduction of Stroke Incidence After Myocardial Infarction With Pravastatin

1999 • 439 citations

Joint Study of Extracranial Arterial Occlusion

1968 • 351 citations

Protruding Atheromas in the Thoracic Aorta and Systemic Embolization

1991 • 333 citations

High risk for vascular events in patients with protruding aortic atheromas: A prospective study

1994 • 308 citations

The dissected aorta: part III. Anatomy and radiologic diagnosis of branch-vessel compromise.

1997 • 287 citations

Esophageal echocardiography.

1976 • 287 citations

Aortic Plaque Morphology and Vascular Events

1997 • 273 citations

Proximal aortic atheroma. An independent risk factor for cerebral ischemia.

1995 • 234 citations

Protruding atherosclerotic plaque in the aortic arch of patients with systemic embolization: A new finding seen by transesophageal echocardiography

1990 • 230 citations

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

1998 • 226 citations

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

1995 • 207 citations

Transesophageal echocardiography in the detection of intracardiac embolic sources in patients with transient ischemic attacks.

1990 • 197 citations

Detection of calcific deposits in coronary arteries by ultrafast computed tomography and correlation with angiography

1989 • 186 citations

High resolution intravascular MRI and MRS by using a catheter receiver coil

1996 • 181 citations

Atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta is an independent predictor of long-term neurologic events and mortality

1999 • 173 citations

Aortic atheromas and acute ischemic stroke

1996 • 171 citations

Aortogenic embolic stroke: a transesophageal echocardiographic approach.

1992 • 163 citations

Natural history of severe atheromatous disease of the thoracic aorta: A transesophageal echocardiographic study

1996 • 162 citations

Risk of catheter-related emboli in patients with atherosclerotic debris in the thoracic aorta

1996 • 145 citations

Protruding aortic arch atheromas: Risk of stroke during heart surgery with and without aortic arch endarterectomy

1999 • 145 citations

Aortic atherosclerotic plaques as a source of systemic embolism

1996 • 143 citations

Detection of atherosclerotic lesions in the aorta by transesophageal echocardiography

1993 • 126 citations

Vascular Events During Follow-up in Patients With Aortic Arch Atherosclerosis

1997 • 124 citations

Atheromatosis of the Aortic Arch as an Occult Source of Multiple Systemic Emboli

1991 • 124 citations

Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerotic disease.

1983 • 120 citations

Intraoperative Ultrasonic Imaging of the Ascending Aorta

1989 • 118 citations

Ulcerated atherosclerotic plaques in the thoracic aorta are associated with cryptogenic stroke: A multiplane transesophageal echocardiographic study

1995 • 114 citations

Dual-helical CT for detecting aortic atheromas as a source of stroke: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography.

1998 • 101 citations

Validation of Quantitative Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

1986 • 87 citations

High-Resolution Intravascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

1999 • 84 citations

Utility of transesophageal echocardiography during port-access minimally invasive cardiac surgery

1998 • 78 citations

Protruding atheromas of the aortic arch in symptomatic patients with carotid artery disease

1995 • 75 citations

Multiple emboli from a large aortic arch thrombus in a patient with thrombotic diathesis

1992 • 70 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

Evaluation of morphological changes of the atherosclerotic aorta by enhanced computed tomography

1992 • 50 citations

High resolution real time ultrasound of the carotid bifurcation

1979 • 43 citations

Visualization and identification of the left common carotid and left subclavian arteries: A transesophageal echocardiographic approach

1996 • 41 citations

Atheromas of the Thoracic Aorta: A Comparison of Transesophageal Echocardiography and Breath-Hold Gadolinium-Enhanced 3-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Angiography

1999 • 32 citations

Blue Digit Syndrome: Transesophageal Echocardiographic Identification of Thoracic Aortic Plaque-Related Thrombi and Successful Outcome With Warfarin

1993 • 30 citations

Disappearance of a large intraaortic mass in a patient with prior systemic embolization

1993 • 27 citations

Assessment of successful valve reconstruction by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)

1986 • 20 citations

Progression and regression of atherosclerotic findings in the descending thoracic aorta detected by enhanced computed tomography

1994 • 19 citations

Noninvasive Quantitative Evaluation of Early Atherosclerosis and the Effect of Monatepil, a New Antihypertensive Agent An Interim Report

1994 • 15 citations

Atherosclerotic Plaque Components in Human Aortas Contrasted by Ex Vivo Imaging Using Fast Spin-Echo Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spiral Computed Tomography

1996 • 14 citations

Duplex Ultrasonography: Its Expanding Role in Noninvasive Vascular Diagnosis

1985 • 8 citations

Duplex ultrasonography: its expanding role in noninvasive vascular diagnosis.

1985 • 8 citations