Review Article

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Detection and Characterisation of Cardiovascular Disease: Key Studies

Table 1

Search terms used for the compilation of literature for this paper.

Keyword: NMR

Paired terms:
 arter* (artery, arteries, arterial, arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic)
 ather* (atherosclerosis, atherosclerotic, atheroma, atherogenesis,
 atherogenic)
 peripheral arterial disease
 claudic* (claudication, claudicant)
 critical isch*emi* (ischemia, ischaemia, ischemic, ischaemic)

The keyword was paired with each of the five terms in the search engines used, for example “NMR AND arter.*” Terms within brackets are examples of truncation and alternative spellings that are encompassed by the wildcard feature.*