Shining light and illuminating murine atherosclerosis via optical coherence tomography

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1068-1069

  Jaffer, Farouc A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROMA; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EDITORIAL; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84860118044     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.246439     Document Type: Editorial

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