Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression in Carotid Arteries: Monitoring with High-Spatial-Resolution MR Imaging—Multicenter Trial
Boussel L, Arora S, Rapp J, Rutt B, Huston J, Parker D, Yuan C, Bassiouny H, Saloner D, Investigators F. Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression in Carotid Arteries: Monitoring with High-Spatial-Resolution MR Imaging—Multicenter Trial. Radiology 2009, 252: 789-96. PMID: 19508991, PMCID: PMC2734890, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2523081798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAtherosclerosisCarotid Artery DiseasesChi-Square DistributionDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsImage EnhancementLinear ModelsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleReproducibility of ResultsUnited StatesConceptsStatin therapyCarotid arteryVessel wall volumeInstitutional review boardMR imagingRate of progressionAtherosclerotic plaque progressionUnenhanced T1-weighted imagesSite's institutional review boardMagnetic resonance imagingT1-weighted imagesU.S. study sitesMean annual changeAtheroma volumeClinical factorsMulticenter trialCarotid diseaseFraction of studiesMulticenter studyPlaque progressionMultiple linear regression analysisLow bifurcationPatientsArteryLinear regression analysis