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ReviewThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2016

Imaging of atherosclerosis.

Richard A P Takx, Sasan Partovi, Brian B Ghoshhajra

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Review in The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Aortic Atherosclerosis: An Updated Review of Current Guidelines and Management Approach-A Literature Review.The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc · 2026
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  4. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  10. PET-Based Imaging withDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  17. Cardiovascular imaging 2015 in the International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2016
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  18. Topical issue: multimodality imaging in atherosclerosis.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Richard A P TakxCardiac MR PET CT Program, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA, 02114-2750, USA.
Sasan PartoviUniversity Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Brian B GhoshhajraCardiac MR PET CT Program, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA, 02114-2750, USA. BGHOSHHAJRA@mgh.harvard.edu.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity Hospitals Case Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major health concern worldwide and atherosclerosis is the main cause of CVD. Atherosclerosis is a systemic and chronic inflammatory disease, which is characterized by plaque formation and can affect different vascular beds. Imaging of atherosclerosis could guide therapeutic interventions. Ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET) and interventional angiography are the main imaging modalities available for the assessment of atherosclerotic burden and for potential prediction of future events. In addition, the introduction of new hybrid imaging techniques like PET/MRI allow for the simultaneous evaluation of anatomical and metabolic characteristics tissues. This article provides an overview of coronary and non-coronary atherosclerosis and summarizes the current understanding of different available imaging techniques. The integration of these techniques in clinical practice may allow for superior risk stratification and therapeutic planning as well as monitoring of interventional and medication based treatment strategies.

Indexed as

ArteriesPlaque, AtheroscleroticAgedAged, 80 and overAtherosclerosisCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseHumansMagnetic Resonance AngiographyMiddle AgedMultimodal ImagingPositron-Emission TomographyPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisTomography, Optical CoherenceTomography, X-Ray ComputedAtherosclerosisCardiovascular diseaseCTAMRAPETUltrasound

Identifiers

PMID26239134
OpenAlexW1102413567

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.