Discrimination of human coronary artery atherosclerotic lipid-rich lesions by time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1244-1250

  Marcu, Laura ^a,b   Fishbein, Michael C ^c   Maarek, Jean Michel I ^b   Grundfest, Warren S ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Lesion instability; Spectroscopy; Time resolved laser induced fluorescence

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; LIPID COMPOSITION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; TECHNIQUE; TIME RESOLVED LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0035720530     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hq0701.092091     Document Type: Article

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