Atheromatous Plaque Cap Thickness Can Be Determined by Quantitative Color Analysis during Angioscopy: Implications for Identifying the Vulnerable Plaque

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-15

  Miyamoto, Akira ^a,d   Prieto, Alejandro R ^b   Friedl, Stephan E ^a   Lin, Freeman C ^a   Muller, James E ^a,c   Nesto, Richard W ^a,e   Abela, George S ^a,b,f  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioscopy; Colorimetry; Lipid rich plaque; Vulnerable plaques

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; LIPID EMULSION;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOSCOPE; ANGIOSCOPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROMATOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CATTLE; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 0346334491     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960270104     Document Type: Article

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