Imaging the subcellular structure of human coronary atherosclerosis using micro-optical coherence tomography

Nature Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1010-1014

  Liu, Linbo ^a   Gardecki, Joseph A ^a   Nadkarni, Seemantini K ^a,b   Toussaint, Jimmy D ^a   Yagi, Yukako ^a   Bouma, Brett E ^a,b   Tearney, Guillermo J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BARE METAL STENT; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAPEDESIS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MACROPHAGE; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MICRO OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; STENTS; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 79961173848     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.2409     Document Type: Article

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