Detection of lipid pool, thin fibrous cap, and inflammatory cells in human aortic atherosclerotic plaques by near-infrared spectroscopy

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 923-927

  Moreno, Pedro R ^a   Lodder, Robert A ^a   Purushothaman, K Raman ^a   Charash, William E ^a   O'Connor, William N ^a   Muller, James E ^a  

^a LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Plaque; Spectroscopy; Tissue

Indexed keywords

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEVICE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIPIDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 0037177025     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0802.104291     Document Type: Article

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