Coronary remodeling and stiffness in older hypertensive patients: an MR imaging study
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Background Coronary artery remodeling is an indicator of coronary artery disease. Morphological and biomechanical changes accompany with coronary wall remodeling. Such changes can be noninvasively detected using MR imaging and may be used to predict cardiovascular events. The aim of this study is to assess interrelations among various imaging markers of the coronary remodeling in older hypertensive patients.
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Potential quantitative magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers of coronary remodeling in older hypertensive patients.
OBJECTIVE To detect differences in potential magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers of coronary remodeling between older hypertensive patients and healthy controls. METHODS AND RESULTS Two-dimensional black-blood coronary wall magnetic resonance imaging and 3-dimensional whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography were performed on 130 participants (65-84 years), including 65 hypertens...
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