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Superparamagnetic iron oxide-enhanced MRI of atherosclerotic plaques in Watanabe hereditable hyperlipidemic rabbits.

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As SPIO accumulates in plaques with increased endothelial permeability and a high macrophage content, two established features of plaque inflammation, it may have a potential for noninvasive assessment of inflammatory atherosclerotic plaques.
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Schmitz SA, Coupland SE, Gust R, et al. Superparamagnetic iron oxide–enhanced MRI of atherosclerotic plaques in Watanabe hereditable hyperlipidemic rabbits. Invest Radiol 2000;35:460–471.RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES.Inflammatory atherosclerotic plaques are characterized by increased endothelial permeabi

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From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

Morteza Naghavi, +63 more
- 07 Oct 2003 - 
TL;DR: The term "vulnerable patient" may be more appropriate and is proposed now for the identification of subjects with high likelihood of developing cardiac events in the near future and a quantitative method for cumulative risk assessment of vulnerable patients needs to be developed.
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Magnetic nanoparticles: design and characterization, toxicity and biocompatibility, pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.

TL;DR: Biocompatibility, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications L. Harivardhan Reddy,‡ Jose ́ L. Arias, Julien Nicolas,† and Patrick Couvreur*,†.
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Superparamagnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications: Possibilities and limitations of a new drug delivery system

TL;DR: The characteristics and applications of SPION in the biomedical sector are introduced and discussed, and superparamagnetic nanoparticles based on a core consisting of iron oxides that can be targeted through external magnets are discussed.
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Recent advances in iron oxide nanocrystal technology for medical imaging

TL;DR: Stem cell migration and immune cell trafficking, as well as targeted iron oxide nanoparticles for molecular imaging studies, are at the stage of proof of concept, mainly in animal models.
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Accumulation of Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Particles of Iron Oxide in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques Can Be Detected by In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging

TL;DR: Accumulation of USPIOs in macrophages in predominantly ruptured and rupture-prone human atherosclerotic lesions caused signal decreases in the in vivo MR images.
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