Raman microspectroscopy of human coronary atherosclerosis: Biochemical assessment of cellular and extracellular morphologic structures in situ

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 69-82

  Buschman, Hendrik P ^a,b,e   Deinum, Geurt ^b   Motz, Jason T ^b   Fitzmaurice, Maryann ^c   Kramer, John R ^d   Van Der Laarse, Arnoud ^a   Bruschke, Albert V ^a   Feld, Michael S ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Biochemistry; Coronary artery disease; Morphology; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL HYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL LINOLEATE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN; FAT; HYDROXYAPATITE; MYOSIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TRIOLEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CRYSTAL; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTIC FIBER; EXPLANT; FOAM CELL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; MINERALIZATION; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOAM CELLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECROSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 0034978825     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(01)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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