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Nature Reviews Cardiology 3, 9 (1 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0393

Intravascular MRI for the characterization of deep-vessel atherosclerotic plaques

Carol Lovegrove

Larose E et al. (2005) Characterization of human atherosclerotic plaques by intravascular magnetic resonance imaging. Circulation 112: 2324–2331 There is currently a need for imaging techniques that can successfully detect the presence, prognosis and progress of atherosclerotic plaques, especially in deeper arteries.